Broken Arrow leaders say their public schools have stable leadership despite last week's sudden departure of Superintendent Jarod Mendenhall.
Interim Superintendent Janet Dunlop said she will carry on with the district mantra of 100 percent literacy, engagement and graduation.
"What that means is that we are relentless in making sure that every student has access and is literate, every student is engaged in at least one or two activities on top of being engaged in the classroom in really fantastic teaching, and, finally, that every single kid walks across that graduation stage and goes on to a pursuit in something postsecondary," Dunlop said.
Dunlop plans to continue with in-progress task forces and committees and said she's committed to giving teachers and parents a voice in district plans.
"It's easy to say that you want to be accessible to teachers and parents, but unless you're out there in the schools, how are you going to be accessible?" Dunlop said. "So, they will see me in the schools, and they will have the opportunity to talk to me one on one, because that's how you get the true picture of what's happening."
The State Department of Education tapped Dunlop in October to oversee development of new testing and accountability standards. Those standards will be presented to the state board Thursday, and Dunlop is leaving that post Dec. 23.
Broken Arrow school and city officials are still not saying what led to Mendenhall and the Broken Arrow school board agreeing to part ways last week.
