The principal at the Gloucester high school where 17 girls got pregnant this past year has resigned. From what I have read, it appears that after the fallout from his comment in Time Magazine and the media bombarded this small fishing town, the principal was told to keep quiet by the Superintendent. Shortly afterward, the Mayor had a press conference stating no confidence in his statements to Time magazine.
Now, I have no idea if there was a pact or there wasn't a pact - this seems to be the point of contention for the Mayor and the Superintendent, what I do know is that regardless of why the media was there, this principal was able to bring to light an obvious problem with teenage pregnancy at that school. No one disputes there were 17 girls that got pregnant and no one disputes that is nearly 4 times the norm at this school. I think the Mayor and Superintendent were embarrassed that their high school was being thrown into the spotlight for negative reasons and were trying sugar coat the situation as well as place blame anywhere but on them. They should be embarrassed....for not bringing the situation to light themselves!
*"Mama Drama" taken from the Boston Herald article
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