The Oklahoma State Board of Education recently voted to take over operations of Western Heights Public Schools, but the district plans to name its own superintendent after the state already picked up.Shortly before the board of education announced Monty Guthrie would take over as the district s new leader, Western Heights Public Schools officials said they would announce their own superintendent during Thursday s meeting. It s a decision that State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister calls inappropriate. Inappropriate and continued disregard for the authority of the state board of education, Hofmeister said.She told KOCO 5 the time for Western Heights Public Schools officials to make a decision on who would replace Mannix Barnes as superintendent should have been before the end of the district s probationary period. Just an inappropriate step and would not be valid â any decisions that are made in that meeting and certainly not recognized, Hofmeister said. They don t possess
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The State Board of Education named a new interim superintendent for Western Heights Public Schools Tuesday.
This is just the first step, following the board’s unanimous vote Monday to takeover decision-making for the district.
Guthrie will function as a liaison between the district and the state as they work to get the district back in compliance.
The probationary process is a rare step that the state Board of Education uses to get schools back in line with what their supposed to be doing.
Western Heights isn t the only district on probation.
Executive director of accreditation Ryan Pieper said Sovereign Community School and Oologah-Talala are also having to make changes to save their schools this year.
The Oklahoma State Board of Education will oversee all school board operations of Western Heights Public Schools after the district was placed on a 90-day probation that ended last week.Board members said Western Heights Public Schools repeatedly failed to address the issues, like mismanagement and poor performance, that put it on probation in the first place. The state is taking action with the hopes the district will be put back on track. We are disgusted at what has transpired in the two short years, a parent said during Monday s Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting.Western Heights Public Schools officials failed to show up to answer whether they ve corrected a list of complaints that led to their probation.The general counsel wanted to amend conditions of accreditation with probation. The conditions included the state overseeing the district s operations for a year, implementing an improvement plan, designating state and community leaders and teams to oversee performan
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