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Indigenous charter school seeking answers to state termination notice
By Dacoda McDowell-Wahpekeche, Gaylord News
(OKLAHOMA CITY)
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Sovereign Community School is looking for ways to continue teaching Native American youth after being notified their funding could end in June.
Members of the State Board of Education voted Jan. 26 to issue a notice of termination, which could close the school if a new sponsor is not found.
Kendra Wilson-Clements, Sovereign’s board president, said she was in shock for hours after the board made its decision and experienced emotions such as anger, disappointment and sadness.
“It incited uncertainty and ‘what are we going to
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