Barbara passed away Aug. 1, 2025, at 97 years old. She was born Jan. 23, 1928, in Chattanooga, Oklahoma, to parents, J.E. Dutch and Daisy B. (McQuinn) Weller.
Barbara attended Chattanooga School until her family moved to Calumet in 1941. She graduated from Calumet School in 1946. She attended Southwestern College at Weatherford. After college she moved to Oklahoma City and worked for Oklahoma Child Welfare.
Dear Students and Families of Lincoln Learning Center, it’s Lights, Camera, Learning!
Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! This year, our students will be the stars of their own learning adventure.
The LLC cast and crew have been working hard to get the building ready for another exciting season here at Lincoln Learning Center.
Just like in your favorite movies, there will be twists, challenges, laughter and “aha!” moments as our students learn new things and grow their talents.
The tide is rising and the excitement is building. Our crew at Rose Witcher is ready to set sail on another incredible school year filled with High Tide and Good Vibes!
Whether you’re a familiar face or new to our shores, we’re thrilled to welcome you aboard for what promises to be a memorable journey of learning, growing and making waves together.
Saddle up for the 2025-26 school year at Hillcrest Learning Center.
We are super excited to meet our “cowboys and cowgirls” and engage in some “hats off” experiences as students “blaze their new learning trail” at Hillcrest. We are enthusiastically screaming yeehaw and are ready to start another year to ensure every student’s academic achievement and inspire excellence.
Our staff has been busy preparing our school to meet our “dandy” Head Start, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.
Hello, El Reno
I am excited and honored to start my second year being the principal of the El Reno Learning Center.
My staff and I will continue to provide the academic standards of education that has made El Reno Learning Center the successful campus that it has been.
I grew up not too far from here in Purcell, where I was the youngest of five siblings, and we all graduated from Purcell High School.
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Long before State School Superintendent Ryan Walters demanded Oklahoma public schools feed students for free, El Reno Public Schools was working to do exactly that.
In April, El Reno was notified it had qualified for a program administered by the USDA that would provide every student in the district with free breakfast and lunch during the school year.
Known as the Community Eligibility Provision, the El Reno district was then notified last week that it had been accepted into the five-year program, said Superintendent Matt Goucher.
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