In education debates, Texas is often portrayed as the land of milk and honey for supposedly downtrodden Oklahoma educators.
Texas teacher-pay levels and per-pupil funding are portrayed as far greater than in Oklahoma, freeing Texas school officials from the challenges facing their Oklahoma counterparts.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation allowing restaurants and school cafeterias to donate leftover food without threat of civil liability, except in certain circumstances, has been signed into law.
House Bill 1542, authored by Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, grants civil immunity to restaurants and school cafeterias donating leftover food.
“Unfortunately, the lack of protection from civil action has prevented Oklahoma’s restaurants and school cafeterias from donating perfectly good food to those in need,” Moore said.
OKLAHOMA CITY— The full Senate last week approved House Bill 2746.
The bill, by Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, creates a strict set of criteria by which the guardian of a person with a grave disability would be able to access secure transport to get their family member to the care they need.
“I would like to recognize the tireless effort of Sarah Smith, a wonderful advocate who has pushed this bill through the process,” Kirt said.
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MIDWEST CITY – While El Reno High School’s track team was posting better times and measurements, it was Mother Nature that proved to be the fastest mover at the 2023 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships.
Despite starting three hours early, a fast-moving rainstorm forced the meet to be called off with four events on the track and one field event left unsettled.
“With the regional meet so close, the coaches didn’t want the take the chance of someone getting hurt or pulling a muscle,” said El Reno head coach Graham Snelding.
El Reno High School’s boys golf team tuned up for Monday’s Class 5A West Regional Championships by shooting a 379 team score at last week’s 2023 Guthrie Bluejays Bash.
The Indians finished in the lower half of the stout team standings despite getting a squad-leading round of 88 from Baylor Pearson. Cooper Park and Jackson Albrecht both carded rounds of 93.
Charles Woolworth carded a 105, while Jett Ramsey rounded out the scoring with a 111.
The regional event is being held on the Aqua Canyon Course at Cimarron National Golf Club.
CALUMET – In a game that was over for all practical purposes after the first inning, Calumet High School’s baseball team defeated 13th-ranked Mulhall-Orlando 14-0 Sunday to win the Class B, Region 4 Championship.
The win sends the Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, to the 2023 Class B Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships for the first time in spring ball.
Calumet, which improved to 19-7 on the season with its seventh straight win, will be making its third state appearance in the sport after fall trips in 1975 and 2022.
Cody Schmidt’s last tournament as Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball coach will be the biggest of his career as well as the school’s, after the Tigers defeated Frontier 12-7 to clinch the runner-up spot at the 2023 Class 2A, Region 1 Championships.
The top two teams from each of the four regionals make the Class 2A State High School Slow-Pitch Championships, which start Wednesday at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
Union City, ranked sixth in the state, will play at 10 a.m. against fourth-ranked Cyril.
