In a statement from TPS, the district confirms it recommended the school board eliminate 50 administrative positions.
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She was a City Year kid. Now she’s leading its Tulsa branch — and wants it to grow.
Hollis McAllister was recently named executive director of City Year Tulsa. She’s working to bring more mentors into Tulsa schools to provide tutoring and support.
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TPS says its enrollment applications are rising as student numbers drop statewide
More than 7,000 students submitted applications in the district’s first enrollment window this year.
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Federal lawsuit alleges a ‘culture of abuse and neglect’ for students with disabilities in Tulsa Public Schools
After a former TPS employee pleaded guilty to felony child abuse, the child’s mother has filed her second lawsuit against the district. TPS calls the claims “inflammatory.”
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Tulsa Public Schools tentatively drops special education ‘guardrails’ while failing to meet them
The TPS board spent nearly three hours Tuesday night drafting a framework for the district’s next five-year plan. It won’t include specific expectations for special ed services.
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Fifth graders at Tulsa’s Clinton West Elementary report ‘terrible’ lunches to school board
While the majority of Tulsa Public Schools’ Monday meeting focused on district finances, letters from fifth grade students focused on dismal cafeteria menus.
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‘When I’m superintendent, I’ll come back’: Adam Pugh courts Tulsa conservatives
The conservative candidate for state superintendent attended TPS board member E’Lena Ashley’s community meeting to talk education — not to campaign, he said.
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Oasis Fresh Market provides free lunch and dinner for students as Tulsa snow days mount
Oasis is one of two grocers in north Tulsa, which is considered a food desert with limited access to nutritious options.
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To close or not to close? Tulsa-area school districts make decisions on fourth snow day
Some school districts will extend closures into Thursday due to poor road conditions. Others are opening up campus after Winter Storm Fern.
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Third snow day on the way as Tulsa-area school districts announce closure, remote learning plans
School districts across the Tulsa metro plan to extend closures into Wednesday, citing poor road conditions after a weekend winter storm.
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These Tulsa-area schools and universities are closed Monday for inclement weather
We are updating this story as schools announce their plans for Monday following the snowy weekend.
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Here’s the status on Tulsa-area schools and universities Friday as the storm approaches
Most school districts across the Tulsa metro are open for in-person learning Friday, but some are dismissing early.