Mid-Del School District

Mid-Del Schools
Location
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Del City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK-12
SuperintendentDr. Rick Cobb
Students and staff
Students14,500
Other information
Websitewww.mid-del.net

The Mid-Del School District is a school district based in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of 2007, the school district included more than 14,500 K-12 students.[1]

The school district has grown from four original schools[2] to include 21 middle and elementary schools and three high schools at present.[3] It also includes the Mid-Del Technology Center, the only designated technology center in the state that shares a school board with a public school district.[4]

Within Oklahoma County, it includes most of Midwest City, almost all of Del City, all of Smith Village, most of Forest Park, and as well as a portion of Oklahoma City (including Tinker Air Force Base).[5] The district extends into Cleveland County, where it includes portions of Oklahoma City and Norman.[6]

History

The school district originated as a set of schools based solely in Midwest City, which consisted of prefabricated hutments with five teachers and 125 students.[2] It originally included four schools, two of which were precursors to Sooner Elementary School and Soldier Creek Elementary School.[2] A total of 1,250 students were enrolled in the second year of the school system.[2]

The first permanent school building was dedicated in 1944, after two years of using temporary buildings.[7] It cost $314,000 and was funded through the Lanham Act and Federal Works Agency.[7] The building today houses Jarman Middle School.[7]

Oscar Rose was an early superintendent of the school district and the namesake for Midwest City's community college, Rose State.[8]

In 2024 Rick Cobb, the superintendent of Mid-Del, accused Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, of engaging in defamation against his school district by accusing the district of not properly spending funding from the federal government.[9] Cobb made his statement at a meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education.[10]

Schools

The Mid-Del School District has a total of 21 public schools and a career technology school.

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

  • Barnes Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Cleveland Bailey Elementary School, Midwest City, Oklahoma
  • Country Estates Elementary School, Midwest City, Oklahoma
  • Del City Elementary School, Del City, Oklahoma
  • Epperly Heights Elementary School, Del City, Oklahoma
  • Highland Park Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Midwest City Elementary School, Midwest City, Oklahoma
  • Parkview Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Pleasant Hill Early Childhood Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Ridgecrest Elementary School, Midwest City, Oklahoma
  • Schwartz Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Soldier Creek Elementary School, Midwest City, Oklahoma
  • Steed Elementary School, Midwest City, Oklahoma
  • Tinker Elementary School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Townsend Elementary School, Del City, Oklahoma

Technology Centers

Notable alumni

  • J. T. Realmuto (born 1991), a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. He went to Carl Albert Highschool
  • Jason Taylor II (born 1999), a National Football League safety for the Los Angeles Rams. He went to Carl Albert Highschool
  • Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (born 2001), a National Football League safety for the Arizona Cardinals. He went to Carl Albert Highschool

See also

References

  1. ^ Midwest City-Del City School District, Education.com (accessed June 8, 2010).
  2. ^ a b c d Meacham & Associates (August 31, 1992). Reconnaissance Level Architectural/Historical Survey of the Original Mile (PDF) (Report). Oklahoma Historical Society. p. 17. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  3. ^ Midwest City - Del City School District Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Trulia Real Estate Search (accessed June 8, 2010).
  4. ^ Mid-Del Technology Center Profile Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (accessed June 8, 2010).
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2024. - Text list
  7. ^ a b c Meacham & Associates & August 31, 1992, p. 32
  8. ^ Hedglen, Thomas (2009). "Midwest City". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (online ed.). Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  9. ^ Olivas, Kaylee (January 25, 2024). "Mid-Del Public Schools Superintendent says Ryan Walters defamed district". KFOR-TV. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  10. ^ Evans, Murray (January 25, 2024). "Ryan Walters accused of defaming Mid-Del school district over federal fund spending". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. Retrieved January 28, 2024.