10/13/2026
🎉 A NEW HOME FOR ASTEC SECONDARY SCHOOL! ✂️
ASTEC Charter Schools’ grand opening of its new secondary school building was a huge success! ASTEC scholars, families, faculty, staff, administrators, board members, alumni, and special guests came together to celebrate the new building and ASTEC’s recognition as National Charter School of the Year by Education Insider Magazine.
Doug Fuller, ASTEC Fund Board Chair, welcomed guests and introduced the Fund Board. Franci Hart, ASTEC Governing Board Chair, welcomed everyone, introduced the Governing Board and Dr. Deskin, and announced the creation of two separate endowments: one to support annual maintenance costs and one to support the Bruce Day Library.
Dr. Deskin thanked everyone before the Greater OKC Chamber was introduced. Doug Fuller, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, and Dr. Deskin took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by remarks from the Chamber. Guests then enjoyed refreshments and tours of the new building.
Dr. Deskin’s acknowledgments included the ASTEC community, JanPro, former scholars, faculty and staff, and the many individuals and organizations who helped make this building possible: Dr. Deskin’s family -Wayne, Laura, Linda and Phil; plus, Kerry and Don Kirby; Debra Murray; Bruce Day; Former Counselwomen, Meg Salyer and Ann Simank; Debi Martin and the City of Oklahoma city; the late County Commissioner, Willa Johnson and the County crews; former board chairs, Debra Murray, Tommy Baker, and Brad Martin; Paula Perminter; Y’Melda Y’Herrera; Quail Creek Bank; Inasmuch Foundation; Chickasaw Nation; Walton Foundation; Home Creations; the Farzanehs; The Kerr Foundation; the Oklahoma City Community Foundation; and individual donors.
After leasing former mall space for 26 years, ASTEC built its new, state-of-the-art 157,000-square-foot ASTEC Secondary School, providing students in grades six through 12 with expanded opportunities to learn, create, collaborate, and prepare for the future. The secondary school sits alongside ASTEC’s 60,000+-square-foot prekindergarten-through-fifth-grade elementary school, which opened in 2020, on the centrally located Deskin Campus.
We’re grateful to our finance and construction partners, and to everyone who joined us for this special day. Thank you for helping ASTEC celebrate a new home for our secondary school scholars!