What began as a typical first meeting between the newly elected state schools superintendent and the Board of Education quickly degenerated into shouting accusations, political banter and the unsavory mockery of a pregnant employee who left the room in tears.

“This board has shown clearly that it is opposed to allowing me to carry out the position that I was elected to do by the people of Oklahoma,” state schools Superintendent Janet Barresi said.

“The pretty speech is nice, but the politics are over,” board member Tim Gilpin quipped back. “You have not been elected dictator by the people.”

From there it only got worse.