Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist announced at a special meeting Monday that she is recommending the city’s school board allow the district to operate in a distance learning environment on August 31.
Gist said she is going to recommend the school year start remotely like it is in Oklahoma City.
She said the move is necessary because of the skyrocketing rates of COVID-19 infection in Tulsa and across Oklahoma. Monday saw a record increase in cases of more than 1,400 statewide.
The Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education will weigh Gist's recommendation at a meeting next Monday, August 3.
