 Teacher pay has been one of the most discussed issues ahead of the 2017 Oklahoma Legislative Session after the failure of State Question 779 this fall. Lawmakers know Oklahomans want better pay for our teachers. Oklahoma Watch recently took a look at teacher salaries for all districts in Oklahoma. Here's a look at OKCPS and district charter schools, which can set their own teacher pay scales and don't have to meet the state minimum.
Minimum Teacher Salary Oklahoma, state minimum set by law: $31,600 Oklahoma City Public Schools: $34,000 Average Teacher Salary, Minus Benefits Justice Alma Wilson SeeWorth Academy: $42,637 John Rex Elementary: $42,493 Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village: $42,001 Oklahoma City Public Schools: $40,357 Santa Fe South High School: $39,942 Independence Charter Middle School: $39,499 Santa Fe South Middle School: $38,574 Dove Science Academy: $37,561 Harding Charter Preparatory High School: $36,895 Lighthouse Academy: $36,450 Harding Fine Arts Center: $36,205 KIPP Reach College Preparatory: $34,469 Dove Elementary: $33,358 Harper Academy: $21,611  Congratulations to all of the 2016-17 individual school Teachers of the Year who have been named for Oklahoma City Public Schools. Here's a list of the winning teachers from District 3, but you can read a full list of all the teachers on the district website. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to all the amazing teachers in OKCPS!
Adams Elementary - Sarah D. Williams Buchanan Elementary - Leslie Schmitt Cleveland Elementary - Shelley Stevenson Jackson Enterprise Elementary - Lisa Purcell Kaiser Elementary - Michelle Cheney Linwood Elementary - Adrian Rosado Mark Twain Elementary - Yolundia Cleveland Pierce Elementary - Madison Wingate Rockwood Elementary - Richard Wilkinson Westwood Elementary - Abby Hernandez Taft Middle School - Jon Mulzet Northwest Classen High School - Milton Bowens  The new A-F report cards proposed by the Oklahoma State Department of Education will have several changes to the way schools have been scored in pervious years. One of those changes is to trade out the traditional metric of attendance for chronic absenteeism, which measures how many children miss 10 percent or more school days in an academic year. For Oklahoma City Public Schools, that would be 17 or more days out of school.
Oklahoma Watch took a look at chronic absenteeism. In Oklahoma City, the lowest rate is at Hawthorne Elemetnary, which has 6 percent. The highest rate is at Captiol Hill High School, which has 51 percent chronically absent students. The 11 OKCPS schools with the highest rates are all high schools, and nationally, high schools are more likely to have chronic absenteeism, according to Oklahoma Watch. Here's a look at the rates in District 3:
 Thank you so much to the voters of Oklahoma City for passing three bond measures that will give our schools $180 million without raising taxes. There were three initiatives:
 The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced the release of A-F report card grades for schools across the state Thursday. Oklahoma City Public Schools District 3 had mixed results. Six schools went up, five schools went down and one school stayed the same. Click on the school names below to view the complete report cards. If you want to look up schools outside of OKCPS District 3, you can use the Oklahoma State Department of Education database here.
Adams Elementary - 50/F, the same score as last year Buchanan Elementary - 69/D+, up two points from last year Cleveland Elementary - 86/B, up one point from last year Jackson Enterprise - 63/D, down six points from last year Kaiser Elementary - 59/F, down seven points from last year Linwood Elementary - 70/C-, up three points from last year Mark Twain Elementary - 65/D, up one point from last year Northwest Classen High School - 70/C-, down 10 points from last year Pierce Elementary - 80/B-, up one point from last year Rockwood Elementary - 42/F, down seven points from last year Taft Middle School - 50/F, down 17 points from last year Westwood Elementary - 72/C-, up five points from last year |
