Jason Gilley received his B.A. in education from Langston University and his M.Ed. in education administration, curriculum and supervision from the University of Oklahoma. In 2009, he joined Tulsa Public schools as a music director at McLain High School where he reestablished a marching band program and served as co-department chair of Fine Arts. He was selected as the McLain Teacher of the Year in 2011. He served as assistant principal at Central before becoming principal. 

Jason Gilley
Principal
gilleja@tulsaschools.org

Barbara Lewis
Assistant Principal
lewisba@tulsaschools.org

Trisha Cook
Assistant Principal
cooktr@tulsaschools.org

Central High School has a rich history starting when it was first opened in 1906 at Fourth and Boston in downtown Tulsa. It became the third school in Oklahoma to be accredited in 1913.

A new building was built at Sixth and Cincinnati in 1917, and it quickly grew with an expansion in 1922 and the Manual Arts building at Ninth and Cincinnati in 1925. Tulsa Central was even claimed to be the second largest high school in the United States at one time.

Being located in downtown Tulsa proved to be a problem, so the school was relocated to a beautiful 47 acre campus in northwest Tulsa.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma purchased the old Central High School building. It has been renovated and named a Tulsa landmark by the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture.

The new Central High School is located at 31^st West Avenue and Edison. Central has had the fine and performing arts magnet program since 1997.