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Norman Public Schoolsâ Board of Education members listen as Superintendent Nick Migliorino, at far right, speaks Monday during a meeting. Emma Keith / The Transcript
Norman Public Schools will end its mask mandate late Thursday afternoon, making masking optional, though âstrongly recommended,â at high school graduations, summer school and, for now, the fall semester.
NPSâ Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday to move to optional but recommended masking for students, teachers and staff at the end of this week.
The districtâs mask mandate, in place since the start of the school year, ends as school lets out for the summer Thursday, in time for Norman Highâs 7 p.m. Thursday commencement and Norman Northâs 7 p.m. Friday ceremony.
May 24, 2021
Norman Public Schoolsâ Board of Education members listen as Superintendent Nick Migliorino, at far right, speaks Monday during a meeting. Emma Keith / The Transcript
Norman Public Schools will end its mask mandate late Thursday afternoon, making masking optional, though âstrongly recommended,â at high school graduations, summer school and, for now, the fall semester.
NPSâ Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday to move to optional but recommended masking for students, teachers and staff at the end of this week.
The districtâs mask mandate, in place since the start of the school year, ends as school lets out for the summer Thursday, in time for Norman Highâs 7 p.m. Thursday commencement and Norman Northâs 7 p.m. Friday ceremony.
Last year, the Norman Public Schools hired its first full-time DEI director. According to documents obtained by the Parents Defending Education, it then spent $22,750 on equity consultants during the 2020-2021 academic year, even as the district lost students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nicole Neily, president and founder of the newly formed parents advocacy group, said the Norman school district’s social justice tilt is “part of a larger trend” in K-12 education.
“What’s interesting to me is that so many people have a misimpression that this is a California or Manhattan issue, and this shows that this is in red states. This is in conservative areas,” said Ms. Neily. “This is a public school district, but it’s in places where I think a lot of community members aren’t even aware that this is in their backyard.”
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An Oklahoma school district projected to lose $6 million in state aid next year is being criticized for recently paying nearly $23,000 to leftwing groups for diversity and equity training for its staff.
In October, Norman Public Schools, a district about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City, signed a $3,000 contract with Factuality LLC for a single 90-minute virtual course “that simulates structural inequality in America,” according to documents reviewed by National Review.
Also in October, the district agreed to pay $10,000 to the Anti-Defamation League for two “A World of Difference” training sessions – minimum 100 attendees at each session and …