The Oakridge School Board decided Monday night it would uphold the findings of an investigation into Superintendent Reta Doland s job performance, saying she should continue in her job, after calls for her removal from parents and teachers.
Board members voiced support of the third-party investigator s conclusion that Doland should remain the district s leader, and called on the community to move forward. However, parents are planning next moves after feeling their concerns have gone unaddressed.
Later in the meeting, the board gave its annual summary evaluation of Doland, which was positive, and renewed her contract
. It is the conclusion of the board that although there was substantiation with the complaint as far as the weaknesses in communication no further deficiencies were found, Board Chair John Weddle read from a statement. We have asked superintendent Doland to report progress to us. Considering the scope of the changes going on within this dist
Oakridge School Board Votes to Keep Superintendent
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Oakridge parents and teachers express frustration after investigation of superintendent
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A parent’s formal complaint filed against Oakridge Superintendent Reta Doland in December set in motion an investigation into her job performance but it also revealed monthslong strife between the district leader and parents and school employees.
The complaint, and findings of a subsequent investigation from a third-party consultant released this month, touched on problems that others in the district were concerned about too, including lack of communication.
The investigation found the request to remove Doland as superintendent unwarranted, but also found areas of needed improvement. Even still, there’s a 90% vote of no confidence from the teachers’ union and frustrations about how the board is handling the concerns.