Welcome to the 2020-21 school year. I would like to introduce myself, my name is Kurt Myers.
This is my first year as principal at Etta Dale Junior High School and will be my 24th year in education. I have been a teacher, coach and administrator in school districts throughout Oklahoma and Texas.
I can’t put into words the excitement I have for this opportunity to serve the stakeholders in the El Reno school district.
Welcome to the El Reno Learning Center at our location at 1100 W Pine. We are excited about our new school year and the great changes that have come with it as we continue to build relationships with our students, families and community.
The El Reno Learning Center (ERLC) is a non-traditional approach to education and the individualized learning process. We serve students seventh through 12th grades.
It is with great pride and excitement that I write this letter of introduction to you as the newly appointed lead principal of El Reno High School.
I am honored to have the opportunity to lead a school with rich traditions and a strong emphasis on educating the leaders of our future.
After 10 years in the business industry, I am now starting my 15th year in education, with this being my fourth year in El Reno.
Yet…
My whole life that word has been uttered as an excuse for me not getting around to doing something. Darla: “Did you take out the trash?” Me: Not yet…”
Recently, that word was used in a far greater and more positive way. Tim Pounds and I had a conversation about what the possibilities and opportunities might come from very crazy and unsettling times. He suggested flipping the negative connotations of that word and explained the following:
We haven’t figured out how to be great at distance learning … yet. But we will.
El Reno High School’s sporting programs shifted into high gear Monday morning as the football team kicked off the first of two-a-day practices as the Indians have just 18 days to prepare for the 2020 season opener.
It’s the third fall sport at EHS to begin preseason drills. Softball and volleyball opened last month and are set to kick off the 2020 season on Tuesday.
Rose Witcher Learning Center Principal Sheryl Barnett tries out the new touchless temperature scanner, made by Video Reality, installed at the school. El Reno is one of
the first in the state to get the scanners, two of which were purchased by the district and a third was donated.
See Saturday’s edition for the Back to School Guide for other safety measures the district will be using in return to classes Aug. 20.
The giant hole near the Rock Island overpass reconstruction project will be filled in once the project is complete.
Lisa Salim, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, said the hole was dug to provide dirt for both the detour as well as the ongoing project. After recent heavy rains the area became a small lake, but the water has been removed and work has continued.
Salim said the project is set to be completed by summer of 2021.
“We're pleased with the progress being made and weather permitting, everything should remain on schedule.”
A Canadian County deputy likely suffered a medical episode that caused a crash in February that claimed her life, officials said.
Detective Brian Fowler, an investigator with the Oklahoma City Police Department, said Lt. Shirley Lanning may have suffered a stroke or a transient ischemic attack before the Feb. 14 accident on Northwest Expressway near Morgan Road.
The next step in redesigning the intersection of State Highway 66 and Banner Road took a step forward last week.
Canadian County commissioners approved an agreement with Freese and Nichols, an Oklahoma City engineering firm that works with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The company will provide options for what type of redesign is needed at the intersection.
An agreement that was signed earlier this year that would have allowed the city of El Reno to indirectly provide water to the new Canadian County Fairgrounds Complex is moot, said an attorney representing the county’s Public Facilities Authority.
The city was originally going to provide water through the Canadian County Water Authority, which operates as the Banner Water District.
