Speaker Benson Appoints Retired Lawton Administrator to Board By Janet Johnson Informational Representative, Office of Accountability October 6, 2000   Kenneth Bridges has been appointed as a member of the Education Oversight Board by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Loyd Benson. The five-year term began July 1, 2000. Bridges resides in Lawton and is active in the local community. He retired in 1995 from the Great Plains Vocational and Technical School in Lawton after serving 10 years as superintendent. From 1956 to 1985, Bridges was an employee of Lawton Public Schools. He began his teaching career as a general science instructor and basketball coach at Central Junior High School, where he later served as principal for five years. He has also been principal at Lawton High School and the assistant superintendent. Bridges received his Superintendent’s Certificate from the University of Oklahoma in May 1983. He has a Master’s in Education (1955) and a Bachelor of Science in Education (1954) from Louisiana State University. The Education Oversight Board governs the Office of Accountability and oversees the Oklahoma School Testing Program and the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program created by House Bill 1017.