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Pioneer Library System’s Spark a Change initiative is returning to area communities in September and will include events featuring New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Letts.

State Representative Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, urged education officials to tone down dangerous, divisive language and work with people from a variety of backgrounds to improve outcomes for Oklahoma students following threats made in recent weeks against several schools in the Union Public Schools district, which Boatman represents.

There is a correction from last week’s Part4whereIstatedthatMarionAlonzo Holden was buried at our Blanchard Cemetery. Alonzo went down with his ship that was sunk by the Japanese at Guadalcanal in 1942. Only his gravestone is in the Blanchard Cemetery. It is a marble bench located near his family’s graves.

Just in case you haven’t had your fill of news about State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, the first thing to know is that the State Board of Education on Thursday accredited Tulsa Public Schools with deficiencies. On Wednesday, the Tulsa Public Schools board accepted the resignation of Superintendent Deborah Gist, effective Sept. 15, and chose Ebony Johnson to be the interim superintendent.

House Democrats on Tuesday made a formal request to Speaker Charles McCall to initiate impeachment proceedings against State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters.

New staff and teachers at Mid-AmericaTechnologyCenterforthe2023- 2024schoolyear include Nicole Aderhold, Marci Burkhart, Chelsea Hatton, Caitlin Hensley, Connor Ivey, DominikJackson,DavidJames, Shane Kirby, Hanna Laningham, and Larry Tuck.

Mid-America employees took their place in the spotlight at the 56th Oklahoma Summit as the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education (OkACTE) and Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE) honored outstanding Oklahoma CareerTech educators and professionals for 2023.

Mid-America Technology Center was awarded the OkACTE Gold Star award at the 2023 Oklahoma Summit Conference.

Technology center honored for establishing systems of support, guidance, advisement

Newcastle varsity and junior varsity traveled to Midwest City on Thursday and Friday to run in the Carl Albert Cross Country meets.

Wins in fast-pitch softball games against Mcloud, Perkins-Tryon and Dibble last week left the Newcastle Racers undefeated as they looked toward a Tuesday night game this week against Classen School of Advanced Studies.