Employees at nine TPS schools received surprise cash bonuses in late February after showing the greatest improvement in the District’s accountability plan.
The Foundation for Tulsa Schools awarded $250 to every employee at Mark Twain, Skelly, Marshall, Anderson and Springdale elementary schools; Thoreau Demonst-ration Academy, Foster and Byrd middle schools; and Edison Preparatory High School. Teachers, custodians, administrators and other staffers were stunned by the check presentations during the rallies they believed were “staff meetings.”
TPS Superintendent Dr. Michael Zolkoski and members of the Tulsa Board of Education made the surprise presentations.
This is the seventh school year that FTS has awarded the employee bonuses. This year’s nine winning schools each earned their first-ever FTS incentive bonuses, for a total of about $170,000.
