Category Archives: State

BA Sup. Perry Shrinks Vanguard Academy

I am a high school senior at Broken Arrow Vanguard Academy writing on behalf of my school and student body.

Last Wednesday night, the entirety of our school (students and parents) received an email from Broken Arrow Public Schools Superintendent, Chuck Perry, outlining changes for Vanguard Academy. The email, claims to, “create greater flexibility and encourage more pathway-aligned coursework,” by implementing several changes to the curriculum. These changes, the district promises, will allow for more rigorous coursework and advanced classes, and will not negatively affect Vanguard in any way.

This was discovered to be incorrect only a few moments later, as the news spread.

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OKDHS Advances Child Care Subsidy

Oklahoma Human Services announced this week, that they recently received partial federal funding that allows access while strengthening program stability of the child care subsidy program. These updates are part of a coordinated stabilization plan designed to allow for expanding access where funding permits, sharing changes early so families and providers can plan, and protecting the program for the long term. 

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AARP OK Accepting Grant Applications

AARP Oklahoma invites local eligible nonprofit organizations and governments to apply for the 2026 AARP Community Challenge grant program, which will be accepted through March 4 at 5 p.m. EST.

AARP Community Challenge grants fund quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places, transportation, housing, digital connections, and more.

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Reporting To Protect Oklahoma Children

As Tulsa Today has covered before, V1SUT Vantage on Substack is an investigative site dedicated, among other things, to protecting Oklahoma Children from official abuse. This morning, V1SUT did it again with a story titled: Sacrificing Lincoln: OKDHS Traffics Boys, Harbors, Aids Male Adoptees After Multiple Molestations & Attempt to Drown Child. This story must be covered by other local media. It is, as V1SUT notes in the subtitle, a “SHOCKING FAILURE TO PROTECT: New Sources Detail Adoptive Father’s Cruise Ship and Church Camp Crimes Against Children.”

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