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OK Districts Urge Families To Prepare As Teacher Walkout Approaches

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Monday marks two weeks before Oklahoma teachers are set to walkout if the legislature doesn’t come up with a pay increase.

Teachers say they want a $10,000 raise and a pay increase for support staff and state workers or they're leaving.

Tulsa Public School's Board of Education voted unanimously to support the walkout last week.

Broken Arrow, Union, Owasso, Sapulpa, Mannford and Oologah also voted to close school and allow teachers to walkout.

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Tulsa Public Schools has released new details of their plan in the case of a walkout.

TPS says they will make up any days missed because of the walkout at the end of the year.

For high schoolers taking the SAT, TPS will open some buildings to let them to take it.

TPS also says they'll partner with organizations to give free breakfast and lunch to students at 70 sites around Tulsa.

Bartlesville Public Schools is urging parents to start planning now for a possible suspension of classes.

District leaders say they are finalizing plans to offer free breakfast and lunch at some schools.

If a school shutdown takes place, the Bartlesville YMCA's elementary school age care program will be expanded to offer full day care to students currently enrolled.

The program will operate up to 10 days at several elementary schools.

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