By ANDREA EGER The Tulsa Public Schools board on Monday swore in the first slate of officials in the district's new campus Police Department. Police Chief Gary Rudick, one investigator and 13 officers took their oaths at a regularly scheduled board meeting.

By ANDREA EGER; SARA PLUMMER Meanwhile, the total number of TPS students falls by about 350. Most suburban school districts opened their doors to more students this year, while Tulsa Public Schools lost more than 350 students, according to the latest enrollment data.

By ANDREA EGER Tulsa Public Schools has approved requests from 123 students who want to transfer out of schools named last week to the Oklahoma School Improvement List. The number of students whose parents opted for a transfer represents about 2 percent of the 5,780 students who were eligible.

By ANDREA EGER Local educators joined with leaders of nonprofit groups, city government, law enforcement, students and parents Thursday to brainstorm ideas for improving graduation rates at Tulsa high schools.

By ANDREA EGER 7 Tulsa high schools did not meet state and federal standards. Every high school in the Tulsa district except Booker T. Washington and Edison Preparatory is now offering parents the option of transferring their child because the schools did not meet state and federal standards.