OKLAHOMA CITY – Principal Brent Pearce will begin serving Aug. 23 as Interim Superintendent for the Oklahoma School for the Blind.
OSB is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
Rita Echelle was hired in Aug. 2016 as the Oklahoma School for the Blind superintendent. She will retire effective Nov. 1.
“Superintendent Rita Echelle announced her impending retirement for Nov. 1, 2024. I want to thank Superintendent Echelle for her eight years of commitment to our Oklahoma School for the Blind. I wish her well,” Melinda Fruendt, Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services executive director, said.
“OSB’s High School Principal Brent Pearce is the Interim Superintendent. I want to thank him for agreeing to include this role along with being the High School Principal.”