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Altus Public Schools (APS) accomplished a District Wellness Policy Review and Assessment for School Year 202223. This policy is reviewed annually and assessed to document movement toward health, wellness, and physical activity goals for both students and staff. Stakeholders from the Altus community, district staff and parents are highly encouraged to provide feedback from the policy review on current and future district wellness goals.

Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Ted Budd (RNC) and their colleagues introduced a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) final rule, which rescinds the 2020 rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption” issued by the Trump Administration to protect faith-based contractors from discrimination.

Southwest Rural Electric Association, Inc. (SWRE) members are invited to attend the 86th Annual Meeting on Monday, August 21. Drive-thru registration will take place from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Hangar 36 in Altus, Oklahoma and Wilbarger County Event Center in Vernon, Texas.

BY KATHLEEN GUILL kathleen@press-leader.com As parents are making sure their students are ready to begin school in August, they should remember to get them in for a comprehensive eye exam with an optometrist. According to the Oklahoma Association of Optometry, 80% of all learning is visual, and simple vision screenings (like the kind schools provide) may not detect some vision problems that can impact health and learning.