[6] In 2003 Strickland was indicted for embezzling funds from the Inola school district.
[7] The Lane board of trustees gave Strickland a paid suspension.
[8] That year, Strickland pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
[9] As part of the penalty, he would no longer be able to be licensed to be a school administrator, nor to teach.
[10] In light of the Strickland and Humphrey scandals, a group of 50 people from the area advocated for Drew Edmondson, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, to take the board members responsible for superintendent hiring decisions off of the Lane school board.