At a meeting to address ongoing violence at Brockton High School, Superintendent Michael Thomas, who went on medical leave before a $14 million budget shortfall was announced last year, rescinded his retirement notice; the school committee responded by placing him on paid administrative leaveAt a wild meeting Tuesday night to discuss high school violence in Brockton, Massachusetts, chaos in the district's leadership was on full display.
After some Brockton School Committee members requested that Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey send in the National Guard to help address a spate of violence at the high school, she came down on the site of the city's mayor. Where does that leave Brockton?The Brockton School Committee did not accept Thomas' move to return, voting at the same meeting to place him on paid administrative leave."It's just, you know, things go quickly in a school district," he said in September.
"I do oppose it, I don't think it's the right endeavor, but what I didn't oppose is sending it to the governor," he said Monday."Out of respect for the elected officials, just like I am, I sent it up there."