Superintendent placed on paid leave after ‘barging into’ student’s home
The superintendent of Mashpee Public Schools was charged with breaking and entering and trespassing.
A public school superintendent who barged into a student’s home to see if she actually lived there is facing criminal charges and has been placed on paid administrative leave, The Boston Globe reported.
Brian Hyde, the superintendent of Mashpee Public Schools, was charged with breaking and entering and trespassing. He pleaded not guilty to the charges Friday in Falmouth District Court, according to the Globe. Following Hyde’s indictment, members of the School Committee voted unanimously to place him on leave.
Hyde went to the student’s home to verify that she was living there in September. He allegedly arrived unannounced and demanded to see her bedroom, rooting through drawers to see if she had clothes and other belongings at the home.
Hyde has said that he was invited into the home when he arrived for a routine residency check.
The school board has hired a private firm to complete an external investigation into the incident, the Globe reported.
Hyde is due back in court Nov. 13, the same day the school board expects results from the independent review.
Read the full Globe story here.
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