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Tulsa Public Schools board approves sale of multiple surplus properties
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The board accepted bids or approved sale processes for more than a half-dozen surplus school properties March 23, with several sales contingent on current lessees' rights of first refusal and one parcel awarded to Tulsa Habitat for Humanity for planned housing development.
Tulsa Public Schools' Board of Education on March 23 approved the conditional sale or disposition of a series of surplus district properties, authorizing staff and the board president to complete contracts where required.
The board accepted a $280,000 bid from Tulsa Facilities, LLC for Bell Primary School (209 S. Lakewood Ave.) and approved similar conditional acceptances for Cherokee Elementary (6001 N. Peoria Ave.), Eastside Academy (2525 S. 101st E. Ave.), Roosevelt School (1202 W. Easton St.), Woods School (1661 E. Virgin St.), Wright School (1110 E. 45th Pl.), and other parcels. Most of those approvals were expressly contingent on honoring any current lessee's right of first refusal and on completion of required sale paperwork.
Board Member Calvin Moniz moved to accept a $128,000 bid from Tulsa Habitat for Humanity to develop the Sheridan Heights Addition parcel into eight single-family homes; the motion passed with Board Member E'Lena Ashley recorded as abstaining. The board also approved the City-County Library Commission of Tulsa County's $5,000 bid to acquire the Bronson Brookside site at 4607 S. Madison Place, which was previously ground-leased to the library, and accepted a $100,000 bid from the Tulsa Ballet Theater, Inc. for a parking lot west of E. 45th Place and South Peoria.
On Greeley School (105 E. 63rd St. N.), the board approved Kevin Miles' request to withdraw a $486,111.11 bid and authorized return of the associated earnest money; alternatively, the board retained discretion to accept or reject offers if circumstances change. For Mark Twain School (541 S. 43rd W. Ave.), no sealed bids were received and the board authorized the superintendent or designee to pursue a private sale under state law, subject to future board approval of any negotiated agreement.
Votes on individual items were recorded in the meeting minutes; several property sales carried with six votes in favor and one abstention by Board Member E'Lena Ashley on items tied to Tulsa Facilities, LLC. Where the record lists a single bid, the board accepted or rejected that sole offer as permitted by the public-sale notices posted in February 2026.
The board's actions are intended to divest surplus real estate and, in some cases, enable reuse by charter partners or community organizations. The motions direct district staff and the board president to complete sale documents in accordance with Oklahoma law and district policy. Contracts accepted by the board will be executed after confirming any required statutory procedures and lessee rights of first refusal.