Mustang Public Schools
Mustang Unified Team takes up corn hole
The Mustang Special Olympic Unified Team joined eight other schools at Miller Stadium in Yukon Oct.1 for some games of corn hole. A total of 144 athletes and partners including 14 from Mustang competed for the first time in the sport as a Unified Team. Caleb Shouf, director for the Route 66 area, said corn…
Read MoreMPS grieves loss of another bus driver
Mustang Public Schools informed families Sept. 24 that bus driver Tammy Hutchison died of COVID-19. “We ask for everyone to please keep the family, friends and co-workers in your thoughts and prayers,” Superintendent Charles Bradley wrote in a release. Hutchison drove bus No. 7. She had been with the district for more than 20 years.…
Read MoreMPS experiences significant growth in primary schools
Stacy Edwards, assistant superintendent of elementary education, shared current student data in comparison to where Mustang Public Schools was after last year’s child count at Monday’s board meeting. School districts send their official student numbers to the state Oct. 1 each year, as part of the child count. As of Monday, MPS’ elementary level, which…
Read MoreMask mandate fails at MPS elementaries
A motion to require masks at the elementary level throughout Mustang Public Schools failed at the district’s Monday Board of Education meeting. Member Jeff Landrith made the motion after inquiring if the board had plans to require masks districtwide, which would have followed four other districts throughout the state, including Yukon Public Schools. The motion…
Read More‘Quarantine opt-out’ no longer allowed at MPS
Mustang Public Schools updated its Learning Plan Aug. 27 to staff and families. Effective Aug. 28, quarantine opt-outs are no longer allowed for people who have identified as a close contact to someone with a positive COVID-19 case, officials said. The change comes after school officials received updated guidance from the Oklahoma State and Canadian…
Read MoreMPS’ Board of Education adopts policy prohibiting race, sex discrimination
Mustang Public Schools’ Board of Education implemented a policy on prohibition of race and sex discrimination in curriculum and complaint process at its Monday meeting. Since the Oklahoma Legislature passed House Bill 1775, school districts must have a policy that addresses race and sex discrimination in teaching prior to the school year starting. In addition…
Read More4 MHS athletes named to USA Today High School Sports Winners list
Although the 2020-21 seasons concluded months ago, awards are still being handed out. And no school seems to have garnered as many individual winners as Mustang. This came to a head last week when the USA Today High School Sports Winners from each state were announced and the Broncos had four names on the list…
Read MoreCrash ends Bronco Bus’s summer
Mustang Public Schools’ Bronco Bus will not make any additional stops this summer, due to a crash that occurred July 8, district officials said in a release Monday. There were no students on the bus at the time of the collision. The bus will not be active for the remaining stops this month — Thursday,…
Read MoreFive MPS sites identified for future bond renovations
Mustang Public Schools officials identified five schools of its 17 that need major HVAC renovations from future bond issues at the Monday board of education meeting. Assistant Superintendent of Operations Jason Pittenger presented an HVAC review of each district site to board members. He discussed each school’s system, controls, preventative maintenance and issues. While each…
Read More‘State of the art’ Mustang Performing Arts Center should open in August
Mustang Public Schools’ 69,000-square-foot Performing Arts Center is expected to open before students return in the fall. “This is a community space,” Jason Pittenger, assistant superintendent of operations, said. The district will partner with the Mustang Chamber of Commerce, as well as city officials to host events at the center. “We’ll partner with any and…
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