The official reasons Susie Strangfield was forced out as the first female chief information officer at the Oregon Department of Education cover two areas: her interactions with co-workers and her management of a few specific projects.
Strangfield believes the root cause of her ouster had less to do with what appeared in her official 12-page “pre-dismissal notice” and more to do with her persistent questions about a politically important data project.
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“After reviewing all of what happened to me, you can see where the [Statewide Longitudinal Data System] was the beginning of the end,” Strangfield said.
Roland Iparraguirre