Stillwater Public Schools
The Stillwater Public School District is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The Stillwater school district has nine schools together with an alternative education program.[3]
| Stillwater Public Schools | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
314 South Lewis Street
United States of AmericaStillwater, Oklahoma 74074 | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public, Primary, Secondary, Co-Educational |
| Grades | Elementary PK-5 Middle School 6-7 Junior High School 8-9 High School 10-12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Marc Moore |
| Schools | 9 |
| Budget | $39,500,000 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 6081[1] |
| Teachers | 452[2] |
| Athletic conference | 6A District 4 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The district is managed by the Superintendent Uwe Gordon, who works under the direction of a five-person board.[4]
The mascot of both the district and the high school is the Pioneers.[5]
Schools
High school
- Stillwater High School (Grades 10–12)
Middle school
- Stillwater Junior High School (Grades 8–9)
- Stillwater Middle School (Grades 6–7)
| Stillwater OSSAA Athletic Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SPORT | TITLES | YEAR(S) | |
| Baseball | 2 | 1957, 2014 | |
| Boys Basketball | 3 | 1923, 1959, 1960 | |
| Girls Basketball | 1 | 1926 | |
| Boys Swimming | 3 | 1973, 1974, 2014 | |
| Girls Swimming | 2 | 1998, 2015 | |
| Girls Tennis | 1 | 1982 | |
| Boys Track and Field | 1 | 1953 | |
| Wrestling | 8 | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1931, 1954, 1969, 1970, 2014 | |
| Total | 21 | ||
Elementary schools
All elementary schools host grades pre-k through fifth grade.
- Highland Park Elementary School
- Richmond Elementary School
- Sangre Ridge Elementary School
- Skyline Elementary School
- Westwood Elementary School
- Will Rogers Elementary School
Alternative education
- Lincoln Academy
Shooting
On 26 September 2012, a student died by a self-inflicted gunshot at Stillwater Junior High School.[6]
Grade Reconfiguration Controversy
In March 2013, then Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine presented the school board with the possibility of reconfiguring the grades to move fifth grade to the middle school, seventh grade to the junior high, and move ninth grade to the high school. The district proposed these measures to assist with needed budgets cuts. Some parents opposed the reconfiguration and spending cuts, because the schedule change "would limit ...opportunities for concurrent enrollment" in a university town and "Teaching positions were being reduced instead of higher administration."[7]
The acting Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine modified the plan to change the schedule change at the high school after students started a #KeepTheBlock Facebook page and change.org petition generated support in the community.[8]
In November 2014, the Board voted to delay the reconfiguration due to needed building repairs and staffing concerns.[9] In July 2015, after the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine, the board delayed the reconfiguration, due to concerns about academics and renovations.[10] Through 2015, the budget continued to be an issue, with the board making spending choices on repairs to athletics instead of funding the libraries and restoring funding that had been cut in previous budgetary crises.[11]
References
- "SDE School Directory". Oklahoma State Department of Education. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- "FY2015 Teacher Index" (PDF). Oklahoma State Department of Education.
- "Schools". Stillwater Public Schools. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- "School Board Members". Stillwater Public Schools. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- "Stillwater Public Schools, District Profile 2010" (PDF). Stillwater Public Schools. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- "School shooting leaves Stillwater stunned". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- "Stillwater Public Schools to make organization changes for budget". ocolly.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- "Stillwater high school to keep block schedule". ocolly.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- "Stillwater Board of Education delays grade reconfiguration". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- "Grade redo motion puzzles Board". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- "SPS moves forward with high school gym maintenance". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- "Stillwater school board says expanded calendar coming - but not yet".
- "FOI Oklahoma: Stillwater school district won't disclose all members of committee that shaped school calendar policy". 16 December 2011.
- "FOI Oklahoma: Stillwater school superintendent acknowledges that committee members shouldn't expect to be anonymous". 18 February 2012.
- "Stillwater Journal January 19 Page 1".
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- "Stillwater Public Schools finishes Cimarron Plaza purchase".
- "Stillwater school district to buy land to expand".
- Keeping, Juliana (26 September 2012). "School shooting leaves Stillwater stunned". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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- "Decline in state funding pinches school budgets".
- "Stillwater school panel recommends cuts".
- "Stillwater Public Schools Plans to Make Budget Cuts".
- "Stillwater Public Schools facing cuts".