Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton

Tulsa World Reporter

A listening session to solicit feedback on a branding redesign for two Tulsa Public Schools secondary sites drew frustration and questions from attendees Tuesday night.

“What are you going to do when one person doesn’t like this rebranding?” a man shouted out. “Are we going to do this all over again in six months? Somebody somewhere is going to be offended no matter what.”

About 30 people came to Tuesday night’s listening session about the potential rebranding at Central and Webster middle and high schools in light of a new board policy approved Sept. 8 that prohibits TPS sites from using branding elements that incorporate racial, ethnic, religious, cultural or gender-based stereotypes.

The board approved a pair of recommendations at that sam

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