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PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott Earns Award

The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA) is pleased to announce Shelley Arrott of Ponca City Public Schools as the 2023 OASA District 4 Superintendent of the Year. Arrott will be recognized at the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administrators (CCOSA) Summer Leadership Conference on June 14-16, 2023. OASA annually recognizes...

PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott To Retire and Lead Ponca City Chamber

Rich Cantillon, longtime CEO of the Ponca City Chamber of Commerce, will retire at the end of February 2023. With that announcement, a new chief executive officer has been chosen to lead the Ponca City Chamber of Commerce. Pending approval at the December Ponca City Board of Education meeting, Shelley Arrott...

PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott shares COVID-19 update

PCPS Families,After a tumultuous week last week with Omicron, we have many students and staff members returning to school tomorrow, January 18, 2022. Unfortunately, we are beginning to receive a great deal of information of additional students and staff who have tested positive over the weekend, or who are symptomatic. We continue to analyze...

Letter from Ponca City Superintendent Regarding Governor’s New Quarantine Guidance

January 17, 2021PCPS Families:Governor Stitt held a press conference last week and announced Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) new proposed guidance related to quarantine protocols for students in Oklahoma schools.The non-mandatory changes to quarantine protocols: • Pertain ONLY to students exposed in a classroom setting. • Authorize schools to modify the quarantine protocols to allow...

PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott releases new COVID-19 update

PCPS Families:Wildcat families, our greatest priority is the health and safety of our students, staff, and community members. I cannot urge you enough to help us stop the spread of COVID-19. Yesterday and today, we completed contact tracing investigations around positive COVID-19 cases in our school and quarantined individuals. Do not send your child...

PCPS Superintendent Releases Letter Regarding New Procedures And Protocols

As students return to class, Ponca City Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Arrott has released the following letter in regards procedures and protocols: Dear Wildcat Families,Thank you for your patience during the first days of the 2020-2021 School Year. With students returning to the classroom for the first time since the beginning of the global pandemic,...

Back to School Letter from Superintendent Shelley Arrott

The following is the Back to School letter from Superintendent Shelley Arrott that PCPS has sent out to all parents & staff. Dear Wildcat Families, Today, our teachers and many educational support staff returned to our facilities after a long five months to continue to prepare to welcome our students back to school, whether it be...

PONCA CITY SUPERINTENDENT SELECTED AS 2020 OASA DISTRICT 4 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR

PONCA CITY, OKLA. (May 20, 2020) – The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA) is pleased to announce Shelley Arrott of Ponca City Public Schools as the 2020 OASA District 4 Superintendent of the Year. Ms. Arrott will be recognized at the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA) Summer Leadership Conference Virtual Experience...

State Superintendent Hofmeister proposes schools to not re-open

Oklahoma State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister proposed on Monday that all schools in the state will not reopen for the rest of the school year due to the spread of COVID-19. This includes area schools across northern Oklahoma. Rather than returning to class, Oklahoma students are expected to continue distance learning until the end of...