Mid-Del School District

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Mid-Del Schools
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Location
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Del City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
United States
District information
Type Public
Grades K-12
SuperintendentDr. Rick Cobb
Students and staff
Students14,500
Other information
Website www.mid-del.net

The Mid-Del School District is a school district based in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of 2007, the school district included more than 14,500 K-12 students. [1]

Contents

The school district has grown from four original schools [2] to include 21 middle and elementary schools and three high schools at present. [3] It also includes the Mid-Del Technology Center, the only designated technology center in the state that shares a school board with a public school district. [4]

Within Oklahoma County, it includes most of Midwest City, almost all of Del City, all of Smith Village, most of Forest Park, and as well as a portion of Oklahoma City (including Tinker Air Force Base). [5] The district extends into Cleveland County, where it includes portions of Oklahoma City and Norman. [6]

History

The school district originated as a set of schools based solely in Midwest City, which consisted of prefabricated hutments with five teachers and 125 students. [2] It originally included four schools, two of which were precursors to Sooner Elementary School and Soldier Creek Elementary School. [2] A total of 1,250 students were enrolled in the second year of the school system. [2]

The first permanent school building was dedicated in 1944, after two years of using temporary buildings. [7] It cost $314,000 and was funded through the Lanham Act and Federal Works Agency. [7] The building today houses Jarman Middle School. [7]

Oscar Rose was an early superintendent of the school district and the namesake for Midwest City's community college, Rose State. [8]

In 2024 Rick Cobb, the superintendent of Mid-Del, accused Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, of engaging in defamation against his school district by accusing the district of not properly spending funding from the federal government. [9] Cobb made his statement at a meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education. [10]

Schools

The Mid-Del School District has a total of 21 public schools and a career technology school.

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Technology Centers

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ Midwest City-Del City School District, Education.com (accessed June 8, 2010).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Meacham & Associates (August 31, 1992). Reconnaissance Level Architectural/Historical Survey of the Original Mile (PDF) (Report). Oklahoma Historical Society. p. 17. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ Midwest City - Del City School District Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , Trulia Real Estate Search (accessed June 8, 2010).
  4. ↑ Mid-Del Technology Center Profile Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine , Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (accessed June 8, 2010).
  5. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  6. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved January 28, 2024. - Text list
  7. 1 2 3 Meacham & Associates & August 31, 1992 , p. 32
  8. ↑ Hedglen, Thomas (2009). "Midwest City". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (online ed.). Oklahoma Historical Society . Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  9. ↑ Olivas, Kaylee (January 25, 2024). "Mid-Del Public Schools Superintendent says Ryan Walters defamed district". KFOR-TV . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ Evans, Murray (January 25, 2024). "Ryan Walters accused of defaming Mid-Del school district over federal fund spending". The Oklahoman . Oklahoma City . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
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