An elementary school principal who performs as a drag queen outside of school hours has submitted his resignation from Western Heights Public Schools, the district’s superintendent confirmed Thursday.
The resignation of Shane Murnan, who’s been the principal at John Glenn Elementary School in the southwest Oklahoma City district, won’t be official until it’s voted upon by the school board at its next meeting, set for Feb. 12, Western Heights Superintendent Brayden Savage said. Murnan is still listed as the principal on the school’s website, but his district email address no longer works. A message left through one of his Facebook pages wasn’t immediately returned.
Murnan was hired in June by the district. He came from Oklahoma City Public Schools, where he had worked since 2015. In August, the conservative social media account Libs of TikTok posted an item identifying the principal as a drag queen performing under the name “Shantel Mandalay.”
State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters since has appointed that account’s founder to the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Library Media Advisory Committee.