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This is the KGOU PM NewsBrief for Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.

Three embattled school board members at Oklahoma City’s Western Heights Public Schools are resigning after months of controversy.

The three members maintained a voting majority on the Western Heights school board that often opposed a state intervention in the district.

On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, Western Heights Board members Robert Everman, Linda Farley and Robert Sharp resigned their seats.

Oklahoma officials want to remove Robert Everman of the Western Heights Board of Education for failing to address an annual school district audit.

The yearly audit found 19 significant deficiencies in the southwest Oklahoma City district’s finances from the 2020-21 school year.

Incoming Superintendent Brayden Savage will take the reigns on Tuesday in Western Heights Public Schools.

Oklahoma County District Court Judge Aletia Timmons ruled today that Western Heights Public Schools must cede authority to the State Board of Education to oversee day-to-day operations of the district.

Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons ruled Western Heights Public Schools must accept a state intervention and a state-appointed interim superintendent.

Western Heights school district rejects Oklahoma authority, appoints own superintendent Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoman Replay Video UP NEXT 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 states choice for an interim superintendent and appointed its own on Thursday. This was the school...