Lawton Public Schools

Lawton Public Schools is instituting a new dismissal schedule for special needs and day care students, effective today, a schedule that will remain in place through this school year.

With the budget of the Lawton Public School system being slashed to the bone, student supplies are at a bare minimum and parents are left to shoulder the expense of basic school supplies for their students.

Despite the recent bad news that Lawton Public Schools will soon be facing further cuts in local and state revenue, school officials say that they expect to be able to continue to provide quality services for the remainder of the 2016-2017 school year.

Lawton Public School District Superintendent Tom Deighan went in front of the Lawton Board of Education Monday night, to update the board on the current status of bond projects dating back to 2004 and 2014, while also discussing progress toward another proposed bond initiative.

Two years ago, Eisenhower High School in Lawton began several programs designed to encourage its students to become involved with the community, and to develop leadership.

An 18-year old man has been detained in Lawton after making threats this morning against MacArthur High and Middle Schools.

The first semester of 2016 has come to a close for the teachers and students of the Lawton Public School system, and just like students receive report cards grading their efforts in the first semester, so too will the teachers and schools of the district.

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A MacArthur High School student has been arrested and charged with a misdemeanor, after investigators say threatened to "shoot up" the school.

Former Lawton schools teacher Anquanits Kaigler-Love will be inducted, along with nine other educators from across Oklahoma into the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame on Friday.

Each year, students take the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests in various subjects and in multiple grades, and Lawton Public Schools Superintendent Tom Deighan released the raw test results to the public this week.

Tuesday night, one Lawton Public School educator reigned above all the rest, as Charles Kirchen was named the district teacher of the year.