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McAlester Public Schools officials made adjustments to the district's mask policy.
School board members voted to approve a policy change that would remove the districtâs mask mandate â depending on the Oklahoma State Department of Healthâs weekly COVID-19 risk level map.
OSDHâs weekly map determines each countyâs risk level. Counties in the green risk phase have fewer than 1.43 daily new cases per 100,000 population, while yellow risk phase indicates between 1.43 and 14.29 daily new cases.
OSDH listed Pittsburg County in the yellow risk level last week. The agency releases the reports every Wednesday.
After lengthy discussion over the policy, board member Shelli Colbert moved to drop the mask requirement if Pittsburg Countyâs risk level goes green â but keep it in place if the countyâs risk level is yellow or higher.
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McAlester Public Schools plans to build a new middle schools and event center through a $34 million bond proposition. editor's pick featured
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McAlester Public Schools plans to build a new middle schools and event center through a $34 million bond proposition.
Action taken Thursday was another step forward in McAlesterâs $34.9 million bond initiative for a new middle school and event center.
McAlester Public School Board of Education members voted to award $2,925,000 general obligation building bonds to the lowest bidder â in what school officials have called the down payment for the larger project.