SULPHUR

Topic: State Board Approves Move to Continuous Learning 

Dear Sulphur family:

Today, we learned that Oklahoma students will not return to the classroom for the remainder of the current school year, following a vote by the state Board of Education. Instead, districts, including Sulphur, will implement continuous learning plans that will allow students to complete the school year at home. State education and health officials believe this move will help our state fight the spread of COVID-19.

We are sharing this information with you now so you can prepare accordingly for your family. We understand this change is in the best interest of everyone’s health, which is our greatest priority as a district. The state board’s vote also means that all extracurricular activities and special events will be canceled or postponed as well. 

We are in the process of developing a plan to ensure your child will continue to have opportunities to learn and to grow academically, especially with parental support. Because we are unable to safely gather together, these lessons and activities will primarily be delivered and communicated through www.sulphurk12.org website. As you can imagine, this is a significant transition for our students and our teachers. Sulphur teachers and staff will spend the next week and a half planning for this effort and will share details with your family as soon as they are available. 

For students, it likely will be sad and disappointing to receive confirmation that school as they know it will not resume this year. Please give them a safe place to express their feelings and to vent about the changes in their life. For our seniors and their parents, we know it is an especially difficult time. We will do everything possible to ensure their efforts are recognized and celebrated in special and unique ways. This is an unfair situation, but please reassure them that it does not diminish their achievements. In fact, it will become one more example of how they demonstrated their strength as Bulldog.

We will continue to serve free breakfasts and lunches for students under the age of 18.

This is an unprecedented situation, and it has required an unprecedented response. We can still take care of Sulphur’s students, though. This is a community that sticks together in challenging times, and we know this experience will be no different. As soon as we identify our next steps, we will share them with you.

Please stay safe. As always, we appreciate your support of Sulphur Public Schools 

Sincerely,

Matt Holder
Superintendent