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Harding Fine Arts proposes taking on Stanley Hupfeld as elementary campus; OKCPS to consider authorization
Summary
Harding Fine Arts Academy and Stanley Hupfeld leaders presented a plan at the Jan. 12 Oklahoma City Public Schools board meeting to authorize Stanley Hupfeld as an elementary campus under Harding's oversight; because the current sponsor (Integris) is changing direction, the district is treating the item as a new charter application and will return it for possible action next month.
Harding Fine Arts Academy and leaders from Stanley Hupfeld Academy asked the Oklahoma City Public Schools board to consider authorizing Stanley Hupfeld as an elementary campus under Harding's oversight.
Jason Mack, OKCPS director of workforce development and charter schools, told the board the district is treating the expiring Stanley Hupfeld contract as a new charter application because the current sole sponsor, Integris Health, is pivoting away from sponsorship. "We are treating this one kinda like a new charter school application instead of a renewal," Mack said, describing the procedural timeline and saying a recommendation to Superintendent Jamie Polk would return to the board in a few weeks for potential action.
Harding Fine Arts Superintendent Jason Brown outlined the rationale: acquiring Stanley Hupfeld would create a PreK'12 continuum under Oklahoma A+…
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