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Stillwater Public Schools

{{short description|School district in Oklahoma}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox school district

|name = Stillwater Public Schools

|logo = Stillwater.jpg

|logo_size = 150px

|motto =

|type = Public, Primary, Secondary, Co-Educational

|budget = $39,500,000

|established =

|region = Payne County

|grades = Elementary PK-5
Middle School 6-7
Junior High School 8-9
High School 10-12

|superintendent = Uwe Gordon

|teachers = 452{{cite web|title=FY2015 Teacher Index|url=http://www.ok.gov/sde/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/documents/files/FY15%20TeacherIndexbased%20on%202014%20Final%20SPR1.pdf|website=Oklahoma State Department of Education}}

|staff =

|students = 6081{{cite web|title=SDE School Directory|url=http://www.ok.gov/sde/state-school-directory|website=Oklahoma State Department of Education|accessdate=8 May 2015}}

|conference = 6A District 4

|schools = 9

|location = 314 South Lewis Street
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074

|country = United States of America

|website = {{URL|http://www.stillwaterschools.com}}

}}

The Stillwater Public School District is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The Stillwater school district has nine schools together with an alternative education program.{{cite web |url=http://www.stillwaterschools.com/Schools |title=Schools |publisher=Stillwater Public Schools |accessdate=15 June 2011}}

The district is managed by the Superintendent Uwe Gordon, who works under the direction of a five-person board.{{cite web |url=http://www.stillwaterschools.com/SchoolBoard |title=School Board Members |publisher=Stillwater Public Schools |accessdate=15 June 2011 |archive-date=26 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926075437/http://www.stillwaterschools.com/SchoolBoard |url-status=dead }}

The mascot of both the district and the high school is the Pioneers.{{cite web |url=http://www.stillwaterschools.com/Portals/0/files/homepage/District_Profile.pdf |title=Stillwater Public Schools, District Profile 2010 |publisher=Stillwater Public Schools |accessdate=15 June 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Schools

=High school=

=Middle school=

  • Stillwater Junior High School (Grades 8–9)
  • Stillwater Middle School (Grades 6–7)

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! colspan="3" style="background:#00299E;color:white"| Stillwater OSSAA Athletic Championships

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! style="background-color:white;color:#00299E"|SPORT

! style="background-color:white;color:#00299E"|TITLES

! style="background-color:white;color:#00299E"|YEAR(S)

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Baseball

| align="center"|2

| 1957, 2014

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Boys Basketball

| align="center"|3

| 1923, 1959, 1960

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Girls Basketball

| align="center"|1

| 1926

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Boys Swimming

| align="center"|3

| 1973, 1974, 2014

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Girls Swimming

| align="center"|2

| 1998, 2015

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Girls Tennis

| align="center"|1

| 1982

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Boys Track and Field

| align="center"|1

| 1953

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| style="background-color:white;color:black"|Wrestling

| align="center"|8

| 1922, 1923, 1924, 1931,
1954, 1969, 1970, 2014

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| style="background-color:#00299E;color:white"|Total

| align="center" style="background-color:#00299E;color:white"|21

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=Elementary schools=

All elementary schools host grades pre-k through fifth grade.

  • Highland Park Elementary School
  • Richmond Elementary School
  • Sangre Ridge Elementary School
  • Skyline Elementary School
  • Westwood Elementary School
  • Will Rogers Elementary School

Alternative education

  • Lincoln Academy

Shooting

On 26 September 2012, a student died by a self-inflicted gunshot at Stillwater Junior High School.{{Cite web|title = School shooting leaves Stillwater stunned|url = http://newsok.com/article/3713260|website = NewsOK.com|accessdate = 2015-12-10}}

Grade Reconfiguration Controversy

In March 2013, then Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine presented the school board with the possibility of reconfiguring the grades to move fifth grade to the middle school, seventh grade to the junior high, and move ninth grade to the high school. The district proposed these measures to assist with needed budgets cuts. Some parents opposed the reconfiguration and spending cuts, because the schedule change "would limit ...opportunities for concurrent enrollment" in a university town and "Teaching positions were being reduced instead of higher administration."{{Cite web|title = Stillwater Public Schools to make organization changes for budget|url = http://www.ocolly.com/news/article_7392688e-b3d8-11e3-ae02-0017a43b2370.html|website = ocolly.com|accessdate = 2015-12-10}}

The acting Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine modified the plan to change the schedule change at the high school after students started a #KeepTheBlock Facebook page and change.org petition generated support in the community.{{Cite web|title = Stillwater high school to keep block schedule|url = http://www.ocolly.com/article_e3b5e73e-bb6d-11e3-b213-0017a43b2370.html|website = ocolly.com|accessdate = 2015-12-10}}

In November 2014, the Board voted to delay the reconfiguration due to needed building repairs and staffing concerns.{{Cite web|title = Stillwater Board of Education delays grade reconfiguration|url = http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/stillwater-board-of-education-delays-grade-reconfiguration/article_65416274-6a1e-11e4-b673-f790831c8f42.html|website = Stillwater News Press|accessdate = 2015-12-10}} In July 2015, after the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine, the board delayed the reconfiguration, due to concerns about academics and renovations.{{Cite web|title = Grade redo motion puzzles Board|url = http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/grade-redo-motion-puzzles-board/article_ec665304-3016-11e5-96dc-cb3b184ac2eb.html|website = Stillwater News Press|accessdate = 2015-12-10}} Through 2015, the budget continued to be an issue, with the board making spending choices on repairs to athletics instead of funding the libraries and restoring funding that had been cut in previous budgetary crises.{{Cite web|title = SPS moves forward with high school gym maintenance|url = http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/sps-moves-forward-with-high-school-gym-maintenance/article_219b4982-8821-11e5-b535-2ba38b05b89e.html|website = Stillwater News Press|accessdate = 2015-12-10}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x161775583/Stillwater-school-board-says-expanded-calendar-coming-but-not-yet|title=Stillwater school board says expanded calendar coming - but not yet }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://foioklahoma.blogspot.com/2011/12/stillwater-school-district-wont.html|title=FOI Oklahoma: Stillwater school district won't disclose all members of committee that shaped school calendar policy |date=16 December 2011 }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://foioklahoma.blogspot.com/2012/02/stillwater-school-superintendent.html|title=FOI Oklahoma: Stillwater school superintendent acknowledges that committee members shouldn't expect to be anonymous |date=18 February 2012 }}

  • {{cite web|url=http://swj.stparchive.com/Archive/SWJ/SWJ01192012p01.php|title=Stillwater Journal January 19 Page 1|access-date=18 July 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085256/http://swj.stparchive.com/Archive/SWJ/SWJ01192012p01.php|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.stillwateronlineforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1454 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203081433/http://www.stillwateronlineforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1454 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |title=The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL.}}
  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x1318677768/Stillwater-Public-Schools-finishes-Cimarron-Plaza-purchase|title=Stillwater Public Schools finishes Cimarron Plaza purchase }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x1050749201/Stillwater-school-district-to-buy-land-to-expand|title=Stillwater school district to buy land to expand }}

  • {{cite web |url=http://newsok.com/school-shooting-leaves-stillwater-stunned/article/3713260/?page=1 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=Sep 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930040509/http://newsok.com/school-shooting-leaves-stillwater-stunned/article/3713260/?page=1 |title= School shooting leaves Stillwater stunned |date=September 26, 2012 |first=Juliana |last=Keeping |language=en |access-date=18 July 2023}}
  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x703133768/Stillwater-schools-okays-budget|title=Stillwater schools OK budget }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x1768002640/Decline-in-state-funding-pinches-school-budgets|title=Decline in state funding pinches school budgets }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x1974696192/Stillwater-school-panel-recommends-cuts|title=Stillwater school panel recommends cuts }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.news9.com/story/24948523/stillwater-public-schools-plans-to-make-budget-cuts|title=Stillwater Public Schools Plans to Make Budget Cuts }}

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.ocolly.com/news/article_d3c0a4f8-a99e-11e3-82d3-0017a43b2370.html|title=Stillwater Public Schools facing cuts }}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.stillwaterschools.com/}}

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Category:School districts in Oklahoma

Category:Education in Payne County, Oklahoma

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