Woodward, Okla. —
School will be under way soon for the schools in Dewey County as enrollment is under way most places and officials are getting ready for a busy year.
Seiling
Enrollment for Seiling Public Schools will begin on Aug. 6 at 5 p.m. for 10th Grade, 6:30 p.m. for 11th Grade and 8 p.m. for 12th Grade. It will continue on August 7th at 5 p.m. for the 7th Grade, 6 p.m. for 8th Grade and 7:30 p.m. for 9th Grade. Enrollment for elementary age students is going on now and will continue until school starts on Aug. 16.
Randy Seifried, superintendent of Seiling Public Schools, said the school has not done any significant work to the buildings during the summer.
"We have been doing just general repairs to the school, no major work this summer," Seifried said.
Seiling was among the area schools that had a large amount of new teachers and staff to hire this summer, with a total of 9 new teachers.
"We had several that retired, including the superintendent, others that changed positions and some that moved to other school districts," Seifried said. "The summer has gone very quickly, it doesn't seem like we've had a summer at all."
As with just about every community in the area, housing was an issue for the new teachers that were coming into Seiling.
"Fortunately some already had housing but for others it was a challenge," he said.
Seifried said that he has high expectations for the kids and the staff this year.
"Our biggest challenge will be getting all of the new teachers into the routine of our school, because when you bring in 9 teachers it takes a little bit of time to get them all acclimated to your system," Seifried said.
Vici
Vici will start classes on Aug. 9.
With an increase in the 3rd grade class size, Vici had to split their 3rd grade which created the need for a new teacher, said Superintendent Coby Nelson.
"We have 30 students in the 3rd grade this year, which I was expecting our enrollment to be up this year," Nelson said.
The school also added a new special education teacher and now have one for both the high school and the elementary, and hired a total of 6 new teachers.
"Housing is tight down here too, but fortunately all of our new teachers were able to find housing with one having to drive in from Woodward," he said.
The custodial staff was kept busy this summer with plenty of remodeling projects at the school.
"We have remodeled 2 sets of bathrooms in the elementary, painted the old gym and cafeteria to match the rest of the school and put a projection system in the auditorium," Nelson said. "The bathroom project kept us from getting other projects done that hopefully will get finished during the Christmas break."
Nelson said new teacher evaluations will help those teachers that want to improve their teaching skills.
"With all of the new teachers, I love to see the ones that are excited about being at my school and love what they do," Nelson said.
Taloga
Students at Taloga Public School can pre-enroll for class on Aug. 9th and 10th and will begin school on Aug. 16.
According to Superintendent George Kellner the work load this summer was pretty light around the school.
"We did no structural work to the school, but we are adding new technology and updating our computers and putting in Wi-Fi for the school," Kellner said.
Taloga hired 7 new teachers this year.
"It (housing) is an issue in the area, but the ones that couldn't find housing here, were able to find some close by and will be driving in," Kellner said.
His objectives for the new school year are to increase testing scores and to improve educational objectives through the use of core curriculum.
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