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The lawsuit specifically accuses Stacey Woolley, the board president, of meeting with former superintendent Dr. Deborah Gist about her resignation and the appointment of the current superintendent, Dr. Ebony Johnson, outside the requirements of a public meeting.
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Gist was met with teary eyes from some board members and a standing ovation from the audience.
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Gist sent a letter to TPS employees Tuesday explaining her resignation. She says it’s an attempt to prevent a state takeover of the district. TPS is currently in a battle over its accreditation status with the State Board of Education, and specifically, Walters.
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Next Thursday, the State Board of Education will consider changing the accreditation status of the state’s largest school district, Tulsa Public Schools. This comes after over a year of remarks from State Superintendent Ryan Walters targeting the district.
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As Tulsa Public Schools' Aug. 24 accreditation vote approaches, city leaders have now spoken up about the situation. On Wednesday, Mayor G.T. Bynum said he’s “greatly concerned” about discussions surrounding TPS.
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People from Mustang and Tulsa rallied around their districts Thursday, asking Oklahoma’s State Board of Education to reverse an accreditation warning for discussing race, sex and equity in the classroom. But, with little discussion, the state board voted to not reconsider their decision.
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In a tense meeting Thursday, Oklahoma’s State Board of Education voted to approve the accreditation of more than 1,000 school sites across the state. But they spent a lot of that time lobbing thinly veiled political attacks at certain schools — and each other.
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A school board meeting in Tulsa ended with three members walking out and ending a quorum. The chaotic meeting throws what is normally routine school district business into jeopardy.
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Governor Kevin Stitt says he's requesting an audit of Tulsa Public Schools. It's his latest attack on Oklahoma's largest traditional public school district.
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Tulsa Public Schools administrators and a student appeared on a national stage on Wednesday to talk about the district’s approach to coming back to…