OKLAHOMA CITY — The longest-serving school board leader in Oklahoma City Public Schools’ history, credited with helping stabilize a once-turbulent district, resigned Monday evening.
Paula Lewis and her wife recently purchased a larger Oklahoma City home outside of the school district’s boundaries, which requires her to step down from office, she told Oklahoma Voice in a one-on-one interview. She served on the Oklahoma City Board of Education for a decade and led it as the at-large board chair since 2017.
Lewis, 56, cited her growing pediatric therapy business and a desire to spend more time with family as other reasons contributing to her departure…