About a year or so ago, we were first on the scene and the story to tell you about Ryan Walters's glorious efforts to sabotage the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Award Ceremonies – the annual event that honors the best and brightest teachers (a.k.a. terrorists) across various public school districts before revealing and crowning the Oklahoma Teacher of Year.
If you remember correctly, a scraggly Ryan showed up late to the proceedings and promptly went off script, sending the time of the event off the rails before handing 2023 Teacher of the Year Traci Manuel her tiara and bouquet of roses. The next day, he then promptly fired the OSDE event manager as retribution for his self-inflicted screw-ups.