Oklahoma School Hires Drag Queen Principal Once Arrested For Child Porn, Drugs

Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness,

A “drag” performer arrested 22 years in the past for possessing each little one pornography and illicit medication has been employed to be the varsity principal of an Oklahoma City elementary faculty, and the varsity district is defending its resolution.

Dr. Shane Brent Murnan, 52, the brand new elementary faculty principal at John Glenn Elementary, had his private units confiscated by police in 2001 on suspicion of possession of kid pornography, V1SUT reported on Substack. Almost 20 years later, he was investigated for an additional crime, based on a 2020 courtroom submitting.

Meet Shane Murnan- elementary principal at @wh_isd.

Shane is a drag queen who performs for youngsters and reads books about gender to children whereas wearing drag.

Shane was additionally beforehand arrested on little one porn fees.

Would you need this individual in control of your child’s faculty? pic.twitter.com/yNuZyt3HRK

— Libs of TikTook (@libsoftiktok) August 30, 2023

Police arrested the then-30-year-old in August 2001 after a Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) search recovered 4 deleted photographs of kids engaged in intercourse acts, based on courtroom information. Police additionally discovered 6 grams of marijuana in his house. Murnan, on the time, was a fifth-grade instructor at Stillwater’s Will Rogers Elementary School. After the arrest, faculty officers suspended Murnan and he resigned in May 2002.

“From there, some unexplainable legal wrangling began in which Payne County Special Judge Phillip Corley ruled that prosecutors had not proven Murnan had possessed child pornography, claiming it could not be definitively proven the children in the photos were underage,” V1SUT reported.

Payne County prosecutors appealed Corley’s resolution and prevailed within the Payne County Appeals Court.

In direct contradiction to the sooner ruling, Appeals Court Judge Dave Allen stated in his resolution: “It is clear from a review of the pictures that they do represent child pornography”.

Later on, nevertheless, Payne County District Judge Donald L. Worthington reversed the reversal, dismissing the kid porn cost.

Payne County prosecutors gave up, selecting to not enchantment. In the top, it seems there was by no means any disagreement in regards to the existence of the pornographic pictures on Murnan’s pc, but the cost was dropped. Was this a behind-the-scenes plea settlement to permit Murnan to simply accept solely the drug cost (marijuana) and retain his instructing certificates?

Murnan’s file was expunged in October of 2003 after his quick probation interval on the drug cost. He spent the following a number of years creating his “Shantel Mandalay” persona and coming into crossdressing pageants similar to Miss Gay Oklahoma, V1SUT reported.

Last April, he posted an image of himself dressed just like the Easter Bunny on his “Shantel Mandalay” Facebook web page with a message about his earlier unhealthy decisions and the thrill of being an educator.

On his drag queen Facebook page, Murnan posts many photos of himself out and in of drag cavorting with different drag queens and younger homosexuals at drag occasions and in homosexual bars.

“When my little sister wants a present for her birthday, I do my best to make it happen,” Murnan wrote within the caption for the image beneath.

From 2007-2015, Murnan was again within the classroom, instructing at a small elementary School in Norman, Oklahoma, V1SUT reported. From there, he moved to the a lot bigger Oklahoma City Public Schools district as instructor, instructor coach/educational coach, and finally assistant principal at Prairie Queen Elementary School.

Prairie Queen is an underperforming faculty that serves a inhabitants that’s 82.3 % Hispanic and 96.5 % economically deprived. Most dad and mom communicate restricted English and 69 % of scholars are English language learners. These are weak children.

In 2018, Murnan reportedly cofounded Oklahoma City Drag Queen Story Hour, Inc. and commenced selling the child-grooming library occasions all through the state.

The group teamed with the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Library System through the COVID pandemic and Murnan’s Shantel Mandalay persona was featured on-line studying to a target market of younger  kids via the library’s Facebook events.

In September of 2020, throughout Murnan’s time at Prairie Queen Elementary School, the state entered a Criminal Probable Cause Initial Filing for an undisclosed crime with Murnan because the defendant. That case was assigned to Judge Kevin C. McCray.

Now, three years later, the Oklahoma City Public Schools district employed Murnan to be in control of John Glenn Elementary School within the Western Heights School District (WHSD) within the southwest a part of the OKC metro space.

The district of roughly 2,750 college students has been in turmoil since 2021 when the state quickly took over as a result of years of economic mismanagement and noncompliance. To simplify, the district will get a whole lot of funds, spends considerably greater than the state common and continues to fail kids.

The pupil inhabitants at John Glenn Elementary School is “majority Hispanic, English language learners and overwhelmingly economically disadvantaged,” based on V1SUT.

In a letter to the varsity’s dad and mom, Brayden Savage, superintendent of Western Heights Public Schools, addressed the district’s controversial hiring resolution.

“I am writing to address a concern you may read about on social media,”  Savage wrote within the letter obtained by the Daily Caller. “We understand the situation may cause concerns and questions among parents, staff, and community members.”

According to information reviews on the time, these fees had been dismissed by the courtroom, and the file of the fees has been expunged,” the letter continues. “Since that time, Dr. Murnan has continued to be certified as an elementary school teacher and principal, including having his certificate renewed in April of 2023 and signed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters. The State Department of Education would have conducted another felony background check upon renewing his certification.”

Savage mentioned that on the time of “recommendation,” the district gave its faculty board “all of the information” it had concerning Murnan and the board then voted to approve his hiring.

He advised dad and mom that the district adopted “usual hiring practices” in vetting Murnan, checking references and conducting a felony prison background examine.

“Please know we are aware of the situation and handling this matter with the utmost attention and care,” Savage wrote.

In a press release to Crisis in the Classroom (CITC) Thursday, the Oklahoma State Department of Education mentioned “anything that might expose kids to inappropriate sexual content at school is cause for serious concern to parents,” and that the division is “looking into all accusations and will take any necessary action to protect kids.”

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued a robust assertion on X Friday condemning WHSD’s hiring of Murnan.

“This is completely unacceptable,” Walters mentioned. “We know that radical gender theory has been a direct assault on our kids and we can’t allow this in our schools.”

The superintendent mentioned faculty districts have to do a greater job vetting educators to ensure they replicate “Oklahoma values.”

“No one want’s to send their kid to school knowing that they could be exposed to this radical gender theory in any capacity,” he added. “This woke war on our kids has to stop.”

Drag queens in faculties don’t = Oklahoma values. pic.twitter.com/XQzpNIUnLw

— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) September 1, 2023