Superintendent: Safety will continue to be the top focus
On Friday before Thanksgiving break, we had a first during my eight years as Superintendent. We placed school buildings on lockdown at the recommendation of…
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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”
Superintendent: Technology, infrastructure will be a large part of next bond issue
Superintendent: Guthrie traditions are priceless
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…
Video: Meridian Technology Center purchases land in Guthrie for future campus
The Meridian Technology Center Board of Education has purchased property that will serve as a future campus in Guthrie and expand services to residents in…
Superintendent: “We have a moral obligation as a society to provide the best for our children “
Several years ago, I was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System. This was before the days of paperless meetings.
Superintendent: Social media’s criticism was embellished
Last Sunday morning, while the kids were getting ready for church I was reading yet another dismal forecast for revenue to education in our state. …