Mount St. Joe Principal Resigns Amid Alleged 'Inappropriate' Communications with

By Sean Welsh
The Patch
January 30, 2013

http://pikesville.patch.com/articles/mount-st-joseph-principal-barry-fitzpatrick-resigns-amid-allegations-of-inappropriate-communications-with-students-jan-30-2013


Barry Fitzpatrick was the principal at Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore.

UPDATED (1:55 p.m.)—The principal at a Baltimore City private high school has resigned amid allegations of inappropriate communications with students.

According to Mount St. Joseph's website, Barry Fitzpatrick has stepped down from his post at the West Baltimore all-boys school.

The following message, from Mount St. Joseph President George Andrews, was posted on the school's website Wednesday.

Yesterday afternoon, I accepted former Principal Barry Fitzpatrick’s resignation. Mount Saint Joseph High School requires our faculty and administrators to have only appropriate communications with our students. We recently discovered communications from Mr. Fitzpatrick that he acknowledged were inappropriate, and we accepted his resignation. As required by law, we have reported these communications to the proper authorities.

Assistant Principal David Norton, our Director of Studies, will serve as Acting Principal.

Our students mean everything to us. That was immediately clear to me the day I first arrived at the Mount in 1987. 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.