Maple School is growing and with that growth comes the need for more room.

The pre-kindergarten through eighth grade dependent school district will hold a $6.46 million bond issue on March 4.

If approved, Superintendent Chuck Hood said the results would lead to expansion of the school campus west of El Reno.

Hood said the proposed bond issue would not raise taxes. If approved, it will fund the construction of seven new classrooms, restrooms and offices. The expansion is needed because new housing developments are springing up inside the district boundaries.

Oklahoma’s education parental choice tax credit program will be highlighted at an open house hosted by Sacred Heart Catholic School. The event for prospective new students will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the school. 

“Come see for yourself the great benefits of a Catholic school education,” said Principal Shannon Statton. 

Last Saturday I went with my niece, Kylie Eaton to a Mexican restaurant downtown for a beer before the high school basketball game.

Don’t judge, we had one beer!

Six of the seven members of the Oklahoma delegation in Washington, D.C. voted to keep the U.S. government operating in the most recent federal budget deal.

They sustained the status quo, blocking return of the lands at and around historic Fort Reno in Canadian County to the Cheyenne and Arapaho (C&A) Tribes. The “deal” kept the government open.