Oklahoma school board defends elementary school principal over drag queen side-gig, previous child porn charges

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  • Source: The Lion
  • 09/15/2023
A school board in Oklahoma is defending an elementary school principal who moonlights as a drag queen and faced child pornography charges 20 years ago.

The details of the child pornography case, as reported by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), raises disturbing questions about the principal’s fitness to run an elementary school and why Western Heights Public Schools hired him this year.

Multiple community members, parents and colleagues of John Glenn Elementary principal Shane Murnan spoke in support of the principal during the public comment portion of the meeting, according to The Oklahoman.

At least with teachers, Murnan, who performs as a drag queen under the name “Shantel Mandalay,” remains popular.