Schools impacted by pandemic; Officials seek guidance in wake of closure

Posted by John Small | Mar 25, 2020 | Main News

Educators in Johnston County and throughout Oklahoma are now faced with the toughest question they’ve ever faced: How to carry on in the wake of this week’s proposal that schools remain closed. On Monday, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced that she would propose a Continuous Learning Plan to the Oklahoma State Department […]

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John Small

John A. Small is the Managing Editor and (with Publishers Tom and Mary Lokey) co-founder of the Johnston County Sentinel, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He came to Tishomingo (his mother’s birthplace) in 1991 and spent the next three and a half years as reporter and columnist for the Johnston County Capital-Democrat. Following a two-year stint as News Editor at the Durant Daily Democrat, he returned to the C-D as News Editor in 1997 and remained there until January of 2018, when the Sentinel was founded. To date his work as a journalist has earned him more than 220 awards from the Oklahoma Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association, and the Oklahoma Education Association.

Schools impacted by pandemic; Officials seek guidance in wake of closure

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