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Western Heights school district rejects Oklahoma authority, appoints own superintendent Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoman
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A struggle for control of Western Heights Public Schools has ensued, as both the local school board and the Oklahoma State Department of Education have chosen leaders to run the district.
The Western Heights Board of Education spurned the state s choice for an interim superintendent and appointed its own on Thursday.
This was the school board s first action acknowledging its former superintendent, Mannix Barnes, isn t able to continue as the district s head. The Oklahoma State Board of Education suspended Barnes superintendent certification last month.
By: Barry Mangold
OKLAHOMA CITY -
The board of education at Western Heights Public Schools voted to appoint an interim superintendent Thursday, days after the state appointed their own interim superintendent for the embattled school district.
“Now we have essentially two superintendents,” said Briana Flatley, the sole board member to vote ‘no’ on the measure.
The board, led by President Robert Everman, voted 3-1 to appoint Kimberly Race, the district’s assistant superintendent, as interim superintendent after Mannix Barnes was forced out of the position by the Oklahoma State Board of Education last month.
Everman, Linda Farley, and Rosalind Cravens voted for Race’s appointment. Board member Robert Sharp was not present for Thursday’s meeting.
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