JJ: There may have been a way for the University to have handled this in a worse fashion.  However, it wouldn't have been easy.  I think we can anticipate that there will be further mistakes made by the Administration, so they're not done yet.

For example: If the investigation was part of an employee disciplinary process, I would think it would be covered by public record exemptions and personnel privacy statutes and would only be released with Ms Shurtz's permission.  

As both a teacher and a Board member I became pretty conversant with such regulations and know such topics, at least in Oregon's Public Schools (K-12) are discussed in Executive Session.  I would assume such an investigation, as a integral part of a disciplinary process, would be included in the protected Executive Session/non-public record material.  It would be an interesting question for a reporter to pose to the University Administrators.  

regards, Gary