Board Of Education To Reconsider Porter Vote

The Oklahoma City Board of Education on Friday will reconsider its vote suspending Superintendent John Porter because of what its attorney says was confusion over the time change of the meeting in which Porter was suspended.

The board voted 5-0 with one abstention Monday to suspend Porter with pay until a hearing in February into alleged financial irregularities by Porter.

Porter has denied intentionally misusing district money.

Questions have since come up about whether the board violated the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. The Oklahoma County District Attorney's office is investigating claims the board didn't properly notify the public of the time change for the meeting and didn't have a detailed-enough agenda.

School Board attorney Robert McCampbell says the mistake was a "clerical matter" and even though the meeting was publicized in advance he's asking the board to meet again tomorrow afternoon and readdress the issue.

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