TPS administrators received $341,000 in donor funds without school board’s knowledge

Former Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist, center, during a board meeting in 2023, had more than two dozen members of her administration receive bonuses in increments ranging from $5,000 to $35,000. “I don’t believe any board member had any knowledge of anyone receiving payments from the foundation. People are going to be blindsided,” Tulsa School Board President Stacey Woolley said, when contacted by the Tulsa World.Tulsa World Archive