Mount St. Joe principal out after 'inappropriate' communication

[Jeebus]

This can't be good. If the school is "notifying the proper authorities" it might be pretty serious.

Catholic school, right? Hmm....

Barry Fitzpatrick, the principal of Mount St. Joseph High School, resigned Tuesday after officials there discovered "inappropriate" communications with students, the school said in a letter to parents.

The school did not detail the content or the type of communications but said the "proper authorities" had been notified, school president George E. Andrews Jr. wrote in the letter obtained by The Baltimore Sun.

"Our Mount Saint Joseph family has weathered a number of difficult days over the course of our 137-year history. Today is such a day," Andrews wrote in the letter.

"Our students mean everything to us. … As such, we have the highest expectations for our faculty and administrators. And when these standards are not met, we have a responsibility to our boys and their families to take action," the letter continued.

[SouthSideFan]

My prayers go out to the Mt St Joseph family. I'm sure all Mount Men mourn this day.

Paul Leidig, '79

[demopublican]

Hopefully it was limited to improper communication and not acts.