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
This column is a bit overdue. Despite some challenges that always seem to surface, we have had the smoothest start of the school year in my…
Chalk Talk: Discussion on new school year, land purchase
In this edition of Chalk Talk, Dr. Mike Simpson visits with Chris Evans to discuss the new school year and the recent land purchase.
Superintendent: Final project left of the 2015 bond issue
It seems only a few days ago we were preparing to send the GHS Class of 2019 out into the world but time in the…
Superintendent: Taking one bite at a time
It has been almost a month since we had our bond election and I’m still excited for the message our community sent about the direction…
Superintendent: “This is our future”
On Tuesday, April 2nd, voters who reside inside the boundary of the Guthrie school district will vote on a bond issue that could provide the…
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…
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. …