Tulsa Public Schools today released a letter to parents and families with preliminary information about how the district will manage in the event of school closures due to a teacher walk-out. District leaders are continuing to work to identify and address the impact of a shut-down on all 40,000 students and 7,000 team members and will share more information about the district’s plans after the spring break ends on Monday, March 26.
Preliminary plans include the following:
· All schools in the district will be closed to the public – students and families will not be able to access these buildings. Any school days affected by the shutdown will be made up at the end of the school year like snow days are.
· Transportation services will be available only to assist our students taking classes at sites not affected by the closure such as Tulsa Tech and Tulsa Community College.
· Child Nutrition Services will work with our community partners to provide breakfast and lunch free of charge at approximately 70 non-school sites throughout the city.
· Some buildings will be opened to allow students to complete the SAT; 12-month employees will serve as test proctors.
· Most district-run extracurricular programming, including athletics, will be suspended. Spring varsity-level teams and spring varsity-level activities are the only exceptions.