Supt. Simpson: “Our lives have been turned upside down by a pandemic”
I write this column from home as our routines were altered more than any of us could have imagined only three weeks ago when my…
I write this column from home as our routines were altered more than any of us could have imagined only three weeks ago when my…
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…
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…
In this edition of Chalk Talk, Dr. Mike Simpson visits with Chris Evans to discuss the new school year and the recent land purchase.
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…
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…
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…
You would be hard pressed to find a school district or community in Oklahoma that has had a tougher sixty days than Guthrie. We…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.