McAlester Public Schools Will Close Due To COVID Surge Among Staff, Students; No Distance Learning Plan

McAlester Public Schools officials say they will close for the rest of the school week with no plan for distance learning, in a message to parents.

School leaders said McAlester Public School will be closed this Thursday, January 13, and Friday, January 14, 2022. We will have no school and no Distance Learning. The District will also be closed on Monday, January 17, 2022, for Martin Luther King Jr. Classes are planned to resume on Tuesday, January 18.

MPS is asking parents to contact the building principal if their student tests positive for COVID during the closure. The MPS Child Nutrition Department will provide meals on Thursday and Friday but will be closed on Monday.

More details on McAlester's COVID tracking can be found HERE