2 News Oklahoma spoke with Sarah Hilsher, whose grandson will be one of more than 500 Trojans attending a new school next year.
“It was kind of heartbreaking” to get the news, Hilsher said,
For the first time since the announcement, Superintendent Stacey Butterfield spoke with 2 News.
WATCH: Full, unedited interview:
Highlights from the interview:
Positive impacts of the redistricting:
We have an opportunity for our students to experience a new elementary school, while at the same time, experiencing the same rich curriculum, because that’s how we deliver our teaching and learning experiences across all school sites.
How these plans fit within posted district goals:
When we establish our district goals, it’s about every child—all 12,600 students that we have here. So, these goals are about every single student, and we try to make decisions that are in the best interest of the entire school district.
Rehousing special services to make room for traditional classrooms:
We have classroom spaces available for all of our programs. And when we open some of these classroom spaces to new students that will be moving … transitioning to a new school site. We will still be offering those same services; they’ll just be offered in different spaces.
Jenks is the second major school district in Green Country to announce plans to redistrict. 2 News took a closer look at what leads officials to make that decision:
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