Before the board voted on filling the vacant seat, members of the public urged them to finally make a decision.
"It is vitally important that you appoint someone tonight," said one woman.
"So I urge you all to use this time tonight to come to a decision," said another person.
"This process has been a long overdrawn process," said Sharita Pratt, a candidate since the process began.
"I'm hoping that it’ll be over tonight so the district will have some representation," she said.
As for how board members felt with some ten candidates in the applicant pool?
"I think we have several quality candidates that would be a great representative of District 2," said John Croisant.
"Well I think they’re all good candidates and I think they ought to be admired for volunteering for this position, it’s a tough position and so I applaud all of them," said Dr. Jerry Griffin.
Finally, after almost two months of having a vacant seat on the board...
"We have gone a very long time without representation and we deserve it now, and tonight," said Diamond Marshall.
She was selected to be the new District 2 board member.
"I’m going to make sure that I’m listening first, listening two times more than I speak and ensuring that the community feels heard and represented," she said.
The bumpy road to get here is due in part to a three-three split on the board.
As for Marshall?
"Where do you see yourself in that mix or in the middle?" asked NewsChannel 8's Burt Mummolo.
"I feel like this could be a very polarizing question just because I, I don’t want to take any sides, but what I will say is that I’m an independent thinker and so it’ll be issue by issue for me," she said.
The Tulsa Public School board is finally back to full strength.
"I want to accomplish a lot but I want to center the community first," she said.