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OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon
Jane Mulholland, director for the Oregon School for the Deaf, has been abruptly relieved of her position and will be replaced by an interim director.
Ed Dennis, deputy state superintendent of education, said Mulholland's last day at work is today. He said the 136-year-old state school is moving in "a different direction," and he and Superintendent Susan Castillo were looking for a new leadership to run the 120-student school.
Dennis would not be specific about what he meant and would not delineate any shortcomings in Mulholland's administration.
"I believe Jane was effective in many ways," he said. "Without articulating specifics, I believe we can find stronger leadership for the school."
Dennis and two other state education administrators dismissed Mulholland on Thursday morning. Castillo was not at the meeting. Dennis said he had an interim director in mind, but had not talked to the individual.
Reached at home, Mulholland said she was given no reason for her dismissal other than a desire for change. She said she was totally surprised and had had no prior conversations about her status. She could not name any issue at the campus that might have caused her dismissal.
Dennis said Mulholland's departure was not related to a study about moving the School for the Blind to the larger School for the Deaf campus, both of which are in Salem.
Mulholland, 55, started at the school in 1989 as a teacher and became director in 1999. Her annual salary is about $89,000.
The school educates hearing-impaired day and residential students who need more help than they can get in their home school districts. The school has an annual budget of $6.7 million, but is free to students.
Mulholland declined to talk about her thoughts on being dismissed.
"I don't want in any way to contribute to an atmosphere that would be disruptive," she said. "The staff needs to keep the students as the main focus."
Jane Mulholland, director for the Oregon School for the Deaf, has been abruptly relieved of her position and will be replaced by an interim director.
Ed Dennis, deputy state superintendent of education, said Mulholland's last day at work is today. He said the 136-year-old state school is moving in "a different direction," and he and Superintendent Susan Castillo were looking for a new leadership to run the 120-student school.
Dennis would not be specific about what he meant and would not delineate any shortcomings in Mulholland's administration.
"I believe Jane was effective in many ways," he said. "Without articulating specifics, I believe we can find stronger leadership for the school."
Dennis and two other state education administrators dismissed Mulholland on Thursday morning. Castillo was not at the meeting. Dennis said he had an interim director in mind, but had not talked to the individual.
Reached at home, Mulholland said she was given no reason for her dismissal other than a desire for change. She said she was totally surprised and had had no prior conversations about her status. She could not name any issue at the campus that might have caused her dismissal.
Dennis said Mulholland's departure was not related to a study about moving the School for the Blind to the larger School for the Deaf campus, both of which are in Salem.
Mulholland, 55, started at the school in 1989 as a teacher and became director in 1999. Her annual salary is about $89,000.
The school educates hearing-impaired day and residential students who need more help than they can get in their home school districts. The school has an annual budget of $6.7 million, but is free to students.
Mulholland declined to talk about her thoughts on being dismissed.
"I don't want in any way to contribute to an atmosphere that would be disruptive," she said. "The staff needs to keep the students as the main focus."