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SUPER 30: How Putnam City's Ron Tatum got comfortable in his own skin

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WARR ACRES — The first time Ron Tatum walked into a classroom at Putnam City, he knew things were different.

Back in Kingfisher, most of his classes had about 12 people in them.

But as he walked through the door to Geometry in January 2016, at least 23 sets of eyes looked back at him.

He was definitely not in Kingfisher anymore.

“It was hard at first because I was used to small town environment,” Tatum said.

It was a move from a 3A school to a 6A-II, from rural living to city suburbs.