Mid-Del Schools
Superintendent receives raise
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Mid-Del Schools Superintendent Rick Cobb will receive about a $2,000 pay raise. The school board unanimously agreed to give Cobb a 1% pay raise and a 5% annuity during last week’s meeting. Cobb’s salary will increase from $200,551.41 to $202,439.14. The change is retroactive to July 1, 2024. “As…
Read MoreMid-Del faculty eager for new school year
By Jonathan Jackson Midwest City Beacon Mid-Del educators got ready for the new school year Friday with the annual convocation at the Rose State College Performing Arts Center. Faculty and staff from across the district attended to discuss the plans and changes for the upcoming school year. Teachers received a warm welcome from Midwest City…
Read MoreCNP establishes police department
District to employ three school resource officers for 2024-25 year By Ryan Horton Choctaw Times Choctaw-Nicoma Park Public Schools has officially launched a new police department. The CNPS Police Department will have jurisdiction throughout the entire school district, which covers 60-square miles of eastern Oklahoma County, including areas of Choctaw, Harrah, Midwest City, Nicoma Park, Oklahoma…
Read MoreSchool facing tight window to fix loose roof
Crews working to repair MCHS before start of new school year By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Midwest City High School was heavily damaged during severe weather last month. School officials are working to make sure the building is repaired in time for the new school year. A roof over the commons area of the…
Read MoreMid-Del Schools loses appeal over use of COVID relief funds
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Mid-Del Schools will have to repay more than half a million dollars in federal relief funds after the Oklahoma State Department of Education denied the district’s appeal. State school Superintendent Ryan Walters had ordered that the district repay $537,588.96 in federal COVID relief funds that he said was misspent…
Read MoreMid-Del School Board to consider lifting mask mandate
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Mid-Del School Board will consider lifting the district’s mask mandate at Monday’s meeting. Superintendent Rick Cobb recommends that students and staff will not be required to wear masks while on school property due to declining cases of COVID-19. He is also asking to eliminate mandatory quarantines for close…
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