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  • Parents form committee supporting education

    Norman parents interested in taking a stand on education policy in Oklahoma have a new resource in the Parents Legislative Action Committee, whose first Norman meeting was Thursday evening at the Nancy O’Brian Performing Arts Center....

    April 1, 2013

  • Honorees to receive FFA degrees

    The Oklahoma FFA Association recently announced nominations for the State FFA Degree, the highest degree of active membership awarded by the Oklahoma FFA Association....

    March 28, 2013

  • Tax cuts could spell big deficit for Norman schools

    Tax-cutting legislation and sequestration could spell a deficit of up to $2.7 million in Norman Public Schools’ 2014 budget, according to a presentation at Monday evening’s school board meeting....

    March 26, 2013

  • Honorees at Norman Public Schools board meeting

    First Place — Cole Shafer-Ray, Alcott Middle School Second Place — Aniket Dehadrai, Whittier Middle School Third Place — Alison Horton, Whittier Middle School · Candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program: Hong ...

    March 26, 2013

  • Resident receives third diamond award

    The National Forensic League, the speech and debate honor society, announced Jim Ryan as its newest diamond coach. Ryan, of Norman North High School, received a third diamond award after earning 7,853 points on Feb. 28....

    March 26, 2013

  • Teacher Job Fair set

    Prospective teachers for the Norman Public Schools for the 2013-14 school year can attend the district’s Teacher Job Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Nancy O’Brian Center for Performing Arts at Norman North High School, 1809 Stubbeman ...

    March 25, 2013

  • Board anticipates budget woes

    Transcript Staff Among the far-reaching effects of sequestration could be shrinking budgets for public education, and the Norman Board of Education is set to discuss the numbers Monday evening at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers....

    March 23, 2013

  • Norman student to compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee

    A Norman middle school student has a goal for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May: to get to the semi-finals. Cole Shafer-Ray, a sixth-grader at Alcott Middle School, outspelled 39 students in 26 rounds to take ...

    March 11, 2013

  • Teach them courage, state court justice tells event attendees

    “Keep going” were the resounding words of keynote speaker Justice Steven Taylor of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, quoting Harriet Tubman at the Norman Public Schools Foundation luncheon Wednesday afternoon....

    March 7, 2013

  • February MNTC Kiwanis students

    The Norman Kiwanis Club honored two Moore Norman Technology Center Students as February Students of the Month during their regular meeting Monday....

    March 7, 2013