Tulsa, Oklahoma

===History of K-12 education===
The [[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)]] established the Presbyterian Mission Day School, a one-story building at what would become the intersection of 4th Street and Boston Avenue in 1884. A second story was soon added to accommodate the number of children who were to attend. This school operated until 1889.<ref name="TPC-Education">Tulsa Preservation Commission Website. "Tulsa History – Education.(1880–1941)". Retrieved December 28, 2010. [http://www.tulsapreservationcommission.org/history/education/]</ref> When Tulsa incorporated in 1899, it took over the school, which became the first public school. James M. Hall and three other men bought the property with their own funds and held the title until the city could reimburse them.<ref name="TPC-Education" /><ref name="Hallobit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/oh2/fountainofyouth/hall.html|title=J. M. Hall, Father of Tulsa, Obituary 1935|website=Angelfire.com|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>

Tulsa built its first two public schools in 1905. The construction of more schools began accelerating in 1906. In December 1907, control of the public schools passed from the city government to the Tulsa Board of Education.<ref name="TPC-Education" />

[[Tulsa High School]] opened in 1906 on the same block formerly occupied by the Presbyterian mission school, which had been razed. The new school was a three-story cream colored brick building with a dome. The school was accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges in 1913. It proved too small by 1916, when Tulsa voters approved a bond issue to construct a new high school at Sixth Street and Cincinnati Avenue, which was renamed [[Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|Central High School]]. The north half of this facility opened in 1917, while the south half opened in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsacentralalumni.org/central.htm|title=Tulsa Central History|work=tulsacentralalumni.org}}</ref> The building remained in this service until 1976, when it was replaced by a new building on West Edison Street. The old building was taken over by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma.<ref name="TPC-Education" />