TPS Board Vice President Was the Lone ‘No’ Vote on School Closure Plan

Tulsa Public Schools will close or consolidate 17 schools in 2027-28

The school board approved the sweeping changes after the Oklahoma district lost about a fifth of its student population in the last decade.

TPS starts adjustment process after voting to close 17 schools

At Monday night's meeting, Tulsa Public Schools' chief financial officer said without those closures, the district would be on pace to not be able to make payroll by fall 2028.

TPS board vice president was the lone ‘no’ vote on school closure plan

Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Vice President Calvin Moniz was the lone vote against the consolidation plan vote Monday night.

TPS: 17 Closed, Nobody Accountable

Seventeen Tulsa Public Schools. That's how many schools the Tulsa Public Schools Board voted to close Monday night. Nearly one-quarter of the district's schools. One out of every four. That's not a minor administrative adjustment. That's an institutional earthquake.

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