Community Rallys Around Suspended High School Principal: Patch PM

BARNSTABLE, MA — Today is Thursday, Oct. 8. Here's what Patch has been covering south of Boston and on the Cape and Islands today.

Dozens of residents called for the reinstatement of Barnstable High School Principal Patrick Clark at Wednesday's school committee meeting and demanded reasons for why he was suspended.

Superintendent Meg Mayo-Brown Mayo-Brown never gave a reason for why she suspended Clark on Sept. 25 said she legally cannot say without Clark's permission. But Mayo-Brown's reasoning didn't stop dozens of residents, including students, from showing their support for Clark at Wednesday's meeting.

"Principal Clark is the heart and soul of our school," Barnstable High School junior Paul Sullivan said in an email that was read during public comment. "Our school is not the same without his energy. I really want him to return soon."

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