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Andrea Eger

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Tulsa-based education and investigative reporter at oklahomawatch.org

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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
‘Like a Civil War’: Inola divided over proposed $4 Billion aluminum plant as schools, town eye economic windfall oklahomawatch.org/2026/06/10/t...
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The Quiet Supporters of Inola's Aluminum Smelter Are Running the School District and Career Tech Center - Oklahoma Watch
Inola is deeply divided over a proposed $4 billion aluminum smelter that would deliver substantial property tax revenue to the school district and local government but raise serious concerns about tox...
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Oklahoma Watch @oklahomawatch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
She left college in 2004. She's graduating this year with two degrees at 49. Oklahoma needs more stories like hers and fewer barriers to getting there. ow.ly/J6lF50YUOCX
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Oklahoma Watch @oklahomawatch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Oklahoma is about $1 billion short of the regional average in per-pupil spending. Record budgets haven't closed that distance. ow.ly/K9VC50YXTxs
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Newly obtained records reveal the scope and ongoing nature of the IRS investigation into Epic Charter Schools’ past governance and payments. ow.ly/t9f250YIuto
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IRS Flags Potential Excess Benefit Transactions at Epic Charter Schools, State Criminal Trial Looms - Oklahoma Watch
The IRS has identified potential excess benefit transactions between Epic Charter Schools and its founders' for-profit management company, even as it allowed the school to keep its nonprofit tax statu...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Shoutout to The Oklahoman, Yukon Progress and @tulsaworld.com for sharing with their readers my latest report @oklahomawatch.bsky.social. I’m excited to be part of this non-profit newsroom focused on providing in-depth and investigative journalism as a public service for all Oklahomans.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Want to know more about the statewide ad campaign targeting parents about school reading policies? Hear from Secretary of Education Dan Hamlin, who previously advised the 95-year-old Tulsa man funding the whole thing, plus Senate Education Chair Adam Pugh. oklahomawatch.org/2026/03/27/a... #oklaed
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Ad Blitz: Parents Targeted in Push for Early Literacy Overhaul - Oklahoma Watch
A 95-year-old Tulsa philanthropist is spending nearly $1 million on a statewide ad campaign urging parents to pressure lawmakers to strengthen Oklahoma's reading laws. John Brock, a retired oil and ga...
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Oklahoma Watch @oklahomawatch.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Who's filling your Facebook feed with Oklahoma reading crisis ads? Meet John Brock, the philanthropist behind the push. ow.ly/k9xS50YzEFB
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“To be clear, the Board’s refusal to list all of the reasons for rejecting the revised application is not coincidental. It is a deliberate decision designed to avoid issues of state law when Ben Gamla files a lawsuit.” — OAG Gentner Drummond oklahomawatch.org/2026/03/11/d...
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Drummond Sues State Board Over Handling of Jewish Charter School Application - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has gone to court to force the Statewide Charter School Board to issue a complete rejection notice to a Florida-based Jewish charter school applicant, arguin...
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Oklahoma Watch @oklahomawatch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Andrea Eger is joining Oklahoma Watch! She is an award-winning investigative and education reporter who has been a staple of Oklahoma journalism for over two decades. We are very excited to have her on our team! oklahomawatch.org
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A former CFO testified Wednesday that Epic Charter Schools’ founders paid two of the state’s top political consulting firms for services that included recruiting candidates to run against their critics. tulsaworld.com/news/article...
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Former CFO testifies Epic founders paid to recruit candidates to run against critics
Two of the state’s top political consulting firms were paid for services that included recruiting candidates to run against the state auditor and a former state senator, former CFO says. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Tulsa leaders say private school choice, fear of immigration sweeps, a slowdown in population growth and steady increases in homeschooling are behind a historic decrease of nearly 11,000 public school students. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Tulsa-area public schools challenged by state's historic decline in students
Tulsa leaders say private school choice, fear of immigration sweeps, a slowdown in population growth and steady increases in homeschooling are behind a historic decrease of nearly 11,000 public school...
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Tulsa World @tulsaworld.com · 25/01/2026
Multiple area districts, charter schools and post-secondary institutions have canceled Monday's classes, including OSU-Tulsa and Broken Arrow Public Schools.
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Many schools closed Monday following winter storm, expected cold
Multiple area districts, charter schools and post-secondary institutions have canceled Monday's classes, including OSU-Tulsa and Broken Arrow Public Schools.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Proposed legislation to mandate more instructional days, holding back any 3rd-grader not reading on grade level & performance bonuses for only select teachers were top-of-mind for local students & educators who met with state policymakers on Friday morning in Tulsa. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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New state superintendent, area lawmakers convene in Tulsa
State Superintendent Lindel Fields, Oklahoma Secretary of Education Dan Hamlin and more than a dozen Tulsa-area legislators turned out for Tulsa Public Schools’ annual legislative breakfast. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The Oklahoma State Board of Education took another step Thursday in disentangling state policy from former State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ legacy. tulsaworld.com/news/article...
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State board wants to banish Walters' rule on U.S. Naturalization test for new teachers
The Oklahoma State Board of Education wants to end Walters-era requirement for new teachers to pass the U.S. Naturalization Test, saying it doesn't help chronic teacher shortage. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New, state funded investigation of Epic Charter Schools once again red-flagged deficiencies in school board oversight, internal budgeting and accountability for school property purchased with taxpayer funds for student learning needs. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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New state investigation of Epic IDs lingering governance, accounting, student Learning Fund concerns
Outside auditors said they found a school in “fiscal crisis” that had wiped out its carryover funds amid a hiring spree and other unchecked spending, but no misappropriation of funds. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
One local man who found so much more than coffee in She Brews’ welcoming community decided to do something to give back this holiday season. tulsaworld.com/news/local/a...
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Tulsan using art to give back to nonprofit coffeehouse where he found belonging
Michael R. Thomas found so much more than coffee in She Brews’ welcoming community decided to do something to give back this holiday season.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
“We can’t cross our fingers & hope for the best anymore. We have to be so proactive in this environment.” — 2023 National Teacher of Year Rebecka Peterson, who returned to spearhead grow-your-own aspiring teacher program amid OK’s chronic teacher shortage. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Former National Teacher of the Year back at Union to grow the next generation of teachers
Led by Teacher Leadership Specialist Rebecka Peterson, Union High School’s Future Educators’ program puts aspiring teachers “in residency” in classrooms across district school sites in Tulsa and Broke...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
English learners are one of the fastest growing student populations in Oklahoma, yet educators with specialized certifications to serve them are scarce. Some local schools and teacher preparation programs are leaning into the challenge. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed
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Teacher coaching, bilingual students help schools meet English learner needs amid teacher shortage
More than 10% of #oklaed students were receiving English language learner services at school as of Oct. 1. In Tulsa Public Schools alone, 38% of students were current or former multilingual learners l...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Cuts announced Monday affect the Tulsa- and Oklahoma City-area Epic learning centers that offered full-day, in-person instruction and meal services for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Epic Charter Schools closing learning centers, slashing 357 jobs
Cuts announced Monday affect the Tulsa- and Oklahoma City-area Epic learning centers that offered full-day, in-person instruction and meal services for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. #okla...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A split 4-4 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court revealed Thursday morning leaves intact an earlier ruling by Oklahoma's highest court that proposed Catholic charter school St. Isidore is unconstitutional. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Supreme Court blocks creation of Oklahoma Catholic leaders' proposed religious charter school
A divided U.S. Supreme Court voted 4-4 in the appeal of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which was a test case of the separation of church and state.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A career teacher newly appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Education raised concerns Wednesday about the state’s ever-growing reliance on underqualified, emergency certified teachers. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New state-by-state comparisons reveal that Oklahoma’s per-pupil spending is dead last among surrounding states and that the average teacher compensation in public schools has slipped to 38th in the nation. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Oklahoma's per-pupil spending now dead last in region as teacher compensation slips
Nationally, only Idaho and Utah had a smaller per-pupil spending rate.#oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Inside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, one justice accused Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond of “hostility to religion” while three others questioned how taxpayer funds could ever be used to proselytize through a religious charter school. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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See what questions U.S. Supreme Court justices had during St. Isidore arguments
Justice Samuel Alito questioned whether Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's opposition to the Catholic charter school might be "motivated by hostility to religion." #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Separation of church & state at risk as OK case goes before SCOTUS this week: Win for nation’s first religious charter school would represent “the most radical change to religious freedom under the First Amendment in American history,” one expert believes. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A resolution disapproving controversial social studies and science standards for Oklahoma public schools was filed late Thursday by Senate Education Committee Chairman Adam Pugh, R-Edmond. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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State Senate moves to disapprove controversial social studies standards
The resolution had to be filed Thursday to meet normal legislative calendar requirements for passage by next Thursday, when the standards become effective barring action by the Legislature. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Focus on SCOUTS appeal by St Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been separation of church/state, but original policymakers & leading advocates warn entire case based on false claim that a charter school is anything other than a public school. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Opponents of religious charter school: St. Isidore poses threat to all public charters
Advocates who helped establish and expand public school choice are warning the Supreme Court that St. Isidore’s case is based on the false belief that a charter school is anything other than a public ...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
NEW TUESDAY NIGHT: A 37-year veteran educator with Bixby Public Schools has been named the rapidly growing suburban school district’s next superintendent #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Bixby school board selects insider to succeed Rob Miller as superintendent
Lydia Wilson, who has spent more than three decades as a teacher, school and district administrator in Bixby Public Schools, has been named the district's next superintendent. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Superintendent Ryan Walters sues in federal court separation of church-state group that raised parent concerns about prayer and Bible verse reading during class time in a small southeastern Oklahoma school district #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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Superintendent Ryan Walters takes separation of church-state group to federal court
Oklahoma's state superintendent has sued to put a halt to the Freedom from Religion Foundation's written objections to daily prayers, Bible verse reading in small school district of Achille. #oklaed
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Tulsa World @tulsaworld.com · 25/02/2025
“I am not running against Ryan Walters. I am running for the families and students of Oklahoma. Whoever else decides to get in the race, that’s fine," Miller said. #oklaed
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Bixby Superintendent Rob Miller announces candidacy for state superintendent
“I am not running against Ryan Walters. I am running for the families and students of Oklahoma. Whoever else decides to get in the race, that’s fine," Miller said. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
NEW FRIDAY: Even if the proposed religious charter school prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma say it would be too late to open in August 2025. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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St. Isidore agrees to not open for 2025-26, regardless of SCOTUS decision
Even if the proposed religious charter school prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma say it would be too late to open in August 2025. #oklaed
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Tulsa World @tulsaworld.com · 13/02/2025
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended $4M agreement with vendor & added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended $4M agreement with vendor & added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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Tulsa World @tulsaworld.com · 11/02/2025
As a press conference was set to begin, an irate state auditor accused Tulsa Public Schools administrators of “constant obstacles” used “to delay and mislead" forensic investigators for two years. #oklaed
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TPS audit release halted; district's 'legal maneuver' follows years of delays, state auditor says
As a press conference was set to begin, an irate state auditor accused Tulsa Public Schools administrators of “constant obstacles” used “to delay and mislead" forensic investigators for two years. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
NEW FRIDAY: SCOTUS to decide by summer if the nation’s first-ever religious charter school should open in Oklahoma. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #oklaed
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U.S. Supreme Court to take up Oklahoma religious charter school case
SCOTUS to decide if the nation’s first-ever religious charter school should open in Oklahoma. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
NEW FRIDAY: New concerns revealed about Tulsa 911 center service, including critical care delays caused by lengthy dispatch times, first responders being sent to wrong addresses and inadequate training of fire dispatchers. tulsaworld.com/news/local/g...
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Concerns raised about Tulsa 911 center's service, particularly related to fire calls
Members of a working group examining the city's pre-hospitilization services say they've received reports of delays in fire dispatch, firefighters being sent to the wrong address and a lack of proper ...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
State Superintendent Ryan Walters has proposed a $4.1 billion annual budget for fiscal year 2026, including a $3 million request for Bibles in classrooms. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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Ryan Walters tells lawmakers he looks forward to U.S. Department of Education being dissolved
The State Department of Education presented its $4.1 billion budget request during a hearing Thursday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. #oklaed
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Tulsa World @tulsaworld.com · 10/01/2025
Sapulpa football coach Jerry Bailey and assistant coach Paul Reagor went missing Jan. 22, 1976. The coaches — one dead, one alive — were located the next day.
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'Murder Under the Friday Night Lights' episode spotlights 1976 Sapulpa tragedy
Sapulpa football coach Jerry Bailey and assistant coach Paul Reagor went missing Jan. 22, 1976. The coaches — one dead, one alive — were located the next day.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Only man charged in disappearance of 16yo Welch girls in ‘99 freed from prison after 2.5 years. Now, one victim’s mother has retired to prepare for visits to the OK State Capitol in support of Lauria and Ashley’s Law "so another family doesn’t have to go through this.” tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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25 years after Welch girls disappeared, a mother's search continues
Lorene Bible recently retired in preparation for visits to the state Capitol in support of Lauria and Ashley’s Law "so another family doesn’t have to go through this,” she said.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Family awaiting kidney transplant struggling to keep roof over heads | Project Santa tulsaworld.com/projectsanta...
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Family awaiting kidney transplant struggling to keep roof over heads | Project Santa
Tammy Pierce said the transplant her daughter desperately needs will force her to be out of work at least a month. “We are struggling," the single mother says.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
NEW FRIDAY: Tulsa superintendent to parents afraid of Ryan Walters' desire for immigration status checks on kids: "We see you, we love you, and there is a place for you and your children here." #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Amid push for immigration checks, Tulsa Public Schools tries to reassure families
Tulsa superintendent to parents afraid of Ryan Walters' desire for immigration status checks on kids: "We see you, we love you, and there is a place for you and your children here." #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
What can lawmakers do about Ryan Walters’ claim public schools need rid of “woke” liberal indoctrinators? Rep. Mark Tedford told him to focus on academic outcomes rather than social agenda but “there’s only so much of that advice that he’ll be willing to take.” #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Four-day school week, tax credits and Ryan Walters among Jenks legislative forum topics
Tulsa-area education leaders asked local lawmakers what could be done about the state superintendent's "woke indoctrination" rhetoric, as well as transparency related to private school tax credits. #o...
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The Salvation Army has put out an urgent call for help from the community because lagging donations have 1,000 Tulsa-area children at risk of going without a Christmas gift this year. tulsaworld.com/news/local/s...
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Salvation Army in Tulsa needs 1,000 gifts to fulfill needy kids' Christmas wishes
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 595 “Angels” had been adopted but had no gift returned for them, and another 405 children's Angels had not yet been adopted.
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Some Broken Arrow school board members expressed serious reservations Monday night after hearing about the greatest challenges posed by possible move to a 4-day school week. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed
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Four-day school week discussion: BA school officials release feasibility study findings
Broken Arrow school board hears from committee about feasibility of four-day school week. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Devin Fletcher gets 30-month sentence in Tulsa schools fraud #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Former senior administrator at Tulsa Public Schools sentenced to prison
Devin Fletcher was ordered to serve 30 months in prison and to make $600,000 in restitution after a years-long embezzlement scheme involving false invoices. #oklaed
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Andrea Eger @andreaeger.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
District leaders @UnionSchools are weighing how to relocate some 6th/7th Grade Center students for needed facility updates in near future, including possibility of closing and repurposing one elementary school permanently. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Union sixth-graders could be relocated amid planned renovations, declining district enrollment
One proposal is to change McAuliffe Elementary School, 6515 S. Garnett Road, into a stand-alone sixth grade center. #oklaed
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