Which Came First…?

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KenO’Brien

Tammy Perreault

On Friday , December 21^st, we learnedthat Southbridge Middle/High School Principal Tammy Perreault had been put onadministrative leave.
This fulfilled a prediction made by Dennis Martinekon his blog SpeakOut Southbridge. On December 13^th he wrotein an article titled “Asif things in Southbridge couldn’t get any worse”,“Tomorrow, or early next week, you will hear some rather shocking news that fewpeople I’ve spoken with saw coming.”
In a follow up article published in the same blogtoday, “Anotherone bites the dust in Southbridge”, he confirmed that itwas Ms. Perreault’s suspension to which he was referring. In response to onecommenter on the article he wrote, “This is half of the big news that I wastelling you was coming.” To another he wrote, “…I have to say, I knew, butdecided to hold-off until something could be verified,..” 
This chronology of events raises a troubling issue.
You see, the reason that Ms. Perreault was put onadministrative leave, according to a written statement she received fromtemporary acting Superintendent Terry Wiggin, was her alleged failure toproperly report to him the incident regarding a student being on the SMHScampus with a pocket knife who also made threatening remarks.
What is troubling is that the incident cited in theletter occurred on Tuesday, December 18^th.

Terry Wiggin

How was it possible for Mr. Martinek to be awarethat Ms. Perreault was to be put on leave when the incident that was cited asthe reason for such action did not occur until 5 days after his article wasposted? Who was the source of his information?
I can only conclude that, unlike the question,“Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”, in this case we know the answer. Thedecision had already been made. All that was needed was a plausible reason.
Is it merely coincidental that the action was takenon what will likely be Mr. Wiggin’s last work day as acting Superintendent? Byall accounts his replacement will be named this coming Wednesday.