Superintendent: Making changes to our school operations
I’ve thought about how this column would read for four and a half months since we last had students on March 13, 2020. It has…
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Supt. Simpson: Graduation cannot occur as scheduled on May 19
Supt. Simpson: “Our lives have been turned upside down by a pandemic”
Superintendent: Safety will continue to be the top focus
Superintendent: Our district was hit with a cyber attack
Chalk Talk: Discussion on new school year, land purchase
Superintendent: Final project left of the 2015 bond issue
Superintendent: Taking one bite at a time
Superintendent: “This is our future”
Superintendent: “The past sixty days have certainly been challenging but healing is happening”
You would be hard pressed to find a school district or community in Oklahoma that has had a tougher sixty days than Guthrie. We…
Superintendent: Technology, infrastructure will be a large part of next bond issue
I’m thankful that mother nature has been kind as the spring semester has gotten off to a smooth start. This Sunday, January 27th, we will…
Superintendent: Guthrie traditions are priceless
Just recently, I attended a public event at Charter Oak Elementary where a group of Guthrie High School students called the Pied Pipers performed for…
Superintendent: Changes throughout GPS resulting in positive outcomes
To say we have undergone some changes with Guthrie Public Schools this fall would be a drastic understatement. We changed the configuration of our elementary…
Superintendent: Radical change can be very difficult
In the summer of 2013, the Guthrie Public School’s Long Range Planning Committee delivered a list of priorities to our Board of Education. The list…
Dr. Simpson named District 3 Superintendent of the Year
The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA), a member organization of the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA), announced Guthrie’s Superintendent Dr. Mike Simpson…
Superintendent: “Let’s find our routine again”
I am a person who enjoys a routine. Needless to say, the last three weeks have been anything but routine for a parent, school employee,…
Superintendent: School security has seen significant changes at GPS
I had originally reserved this column for commentary on what I hoped would be a fully funded pay raise so desperately needed for our teachers….
Superintendent: Your child’s test results will look somewhat different than anything from the past
In the next few days, parents of our students will receive a sheet of paper listing test results for their child. The results are from…
Supt. Column: “We sell cookie dough so we can afford field trips for our students”
Normally, I try to write a column each month about issues significant with education in our community. You may have noticed that I skipped last…
Superintendent: “Who do I call?”
I was reviewing some old documents when I ran across a column I wrote in the spring of my first year in Guthrie. I find…