Tulsa Public Schools Project Schoolhouse

[RecycleMichael]

Many of the schools don't even have a PTA.

It is sad. Some of my best friends are the parents of kids in the same grade as my kid.

[guido911]

Look what is happening in Detroit.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/22/news/economy/detroit_school_restructuring/

[DTowner]

Look what is happening in Detroit.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/22/news/economy/detroit_school_restructuring/

But Chrysler's Superbowl ad says steel forged by fire is stronger and that Detroit is back!

[concernedp]

my ten cents


I have been serving overseas for the last 6 years and two times a year I come back home and visit my son and family. In April of 2010 I moved back home permanently taking residence about 3 blocks away from Salk elementary and Byrd Middle School. This is where I have grown up for the 27 years of my life. Since the closing of some TPS north side schools there has been buses of kids coming from the low income north side area. This has caused many middle/high income parents to flee this area and take residence in more prominent school areas (south and north) like Jenks, Union, BA, and Owasso. The neighborhood around Salk and Byrd Specifically 57th St has been reclassified to section 8 housing bringing low income people to the surrounding area. This in turn brings down the prices of housing and land around this entire area. Not only are you responsible for running down the property value but higher crime rates as well. Just go back and reflect on the crime rate in this neighborhood and probably other neighborhoods like this one before the onset of buses from the north side closures. When you decide to ship children to our side of town you also influence those people that don't care to move into apartments close to these schools. The people who are on welfare and state assistance that don't work have no problem moving here because they have the money. Unfortunately these kind of people bring crime, drugs, and gangs.

The biggest concern is traditionally and unfortunately a very large percentage of the people in low income areas do not care about their children's education nor do they discipline their children. How many times do you have to have a child sitting in your office because of a behavior offense and you can't reach his parents ever. Get a clue please. Letting these low income north side children into the south side school system you are punishing parents that care and want their kids to have a fair education.

I propose keeping some of the north side schools open and stop busing them to prominent neighborhoods and give our kids a chance. You must stop making it harder for the parents and kids that do care. I am tired of seeing the influx of people making this neighborhood and our schools unattractive. I now have to send my son to a private school so not to subject him to a classroom environment where it is impossible to learn because of crowding, behavior problems, drugs, and gangs.

sent to tps

[Conan71]

Since when did 57th St. get certified as Section 8?  I don't believe HUD certifies entire streets or blocks, they certify based on properties or property owners willing to accept sec. 8.

Just curious as I used to live on 74th E. Ave about a block north of the Byrd/Salk compound and it's an interesting development if this has really happened.

[Red Arrow]

My brother (and sister-in-law) used to live in that area.  They said the neighborhood had declined in recent years.  My brother took a job out of town.  They had a difficult time selling their house.  Even if they had stayed in town, they wanted out of that neighborhood.  They never said anything about the school kids though. 

[SXSW]

In midtown it makes more sense to close Barnard and Phillips, splitting Barnard's district into Lee (north of 21st) and Eliot (south of 21st) and combining Phillips' district with Patrick Henry's. 

I also think the district needs to tighten its rules regarding transfers, and that no school should be over 50% transfers and really should not be over 25%.  More magnet programs would also be great; I really like the idea of turning Rogers into a magnet high school.

[Conan71]

Great infill opportunity at Barnard, just so long as Bumgarner isn't allowed to participate in any RFP's.  It would be great to see something keeping in character with the neighborhood instead of Tuscan dreck.

[Teatownclown]

Great infill opportunity at Barnard, just so long as Bumgarner isn't allowed to participate in any RFP's.  It would be great to see something keeping in character with the neighborhood instead of Tuscan dreck.

Multi family....my alma mater

[sgrizzle]

Great infill opportunity at Barnard, just so long as Bumgarner isn't allowed to participate in any RFP's.  It would be great to see something keeping in character with the neighborhood instead of Tuscan dreck.

According to "concerned parent" on KRMG, Barnard is a poor school serving an underprivileged african-american community...

[Red Arrow]

Multi family....my alma mater

Most of the homes look like single family, not duplexes or more.  Should I look a little further?

Edit: forgot to say I was using street view on google maps

[YoungTulsan]

According to "concerned parent" on KRMG, Barnard is a poor school serving an underprivileged african-american community...

St Johns employs a lot of folks in the area, who enroll their children close to where they work.   Not everyone is making a Doctor's salary there either.

[Gaspar]

According to "concerned parent" on KRMG, Barnard is a poor school serving an underprivileged african-american community...

Yeah we heard that too. 

On Monday I bet my wife a dollar that there would be some crying parent on the news screaming "Racism!" before the week was over.  Wait for it. . .Wait for it. . .

[SXSW]

St Johns employs a lot of folks in the area, who enroll their children close to where they work.   Not everyone is making a Doctor's salary there either.

I would imagine some kind of private school or daycare would move in once TPS vacates.  St. John might even be interested.

[Breadburner]

This is what needs to happen.....Although I didnt see Phillips on the list......The idea of doing K thruogh 8 sounds like a good idea as well as long as its done properly.....