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model. Students have
Epic Charter Schools will digital curriculum, but
open a meeting space on they also have a teacher
Main Street in Norman for
its teachers, students and that regularly meets
their parents to interact with them to facilitate
throughout the school year. learning.”
Epic is in the process of
preparing and moving into
546 W. Main St., formerly
Liberty Cleaners. Assis- SHELLY HICKMAN,
tant Superintendent Shelly
Hickman said the plan is EPIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
to have the space open by ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
Nov. 1.
“It’s the seat for Cleve-
land County, it’s centrally with them to facilitate
located,” Hickman said. “We learning.”
have a significant number Currently, just under
of students in Cleveland 1,800 students are en-
County.” rolled in Epic in Cleveland
Hickman said the physical County, and 824 of those
space will be a place for reside in Norman — though
enrollment is still open and
students and parents to
those numbers are likely to
meet regularly with some
change.
of the 85 Epic teachers in
By the time classes start
Cleveland County. Norman
after Labor Day, Hickman
alone has 51 teachers who
said Epic anticipates hav-
instruct courses online. ing about 25,000 students
“It’s a blended learning enrolled across the state.
model,” Hickman said. “Stu- “The larger we’ve got-
dents have digital curricu- ten, the need for meeting
lum, but they also have a
teacher that regularly meets See EPIC Page A2
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