RHODE ISLAND
Boston Globe
By Bella English GLOBE STAFF JUNE 16, 2016
A committee charged with finding the next headmaster of St. George’s School is already coming under fire for not including any victims of alleged sexual abuse at the school, the scandal that many believe led to Eric Peterson’s recent decision not to seek renewal of his contract after next year.
Two weeks ago, Peterson, 50, informed trustees that he will leave by the end of the 2016-2017 school year. St. George’s has been embroiled in controversy since December, after Anne Scott and two other alumnae told of being molested or raped by athletic trainer Al Gibbs in the late 1970s.
In a letter to the school community on Thursday, Tad Van Norden, a St. George’s alumnus and trustee, introduced himself as chair of the new search committee, which is made up of trustees, parents, faculty and alumni. Nine of the 12 search committee members are trustees, who have also been criticized by victims for their handling of the scandal. Of the remaining three, two are faculty members and the other is co-chair of the school’s Parents’ Committee.
Van Norden said the committee, aided by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart, hopes to identify candidates in the early fall, and a head of school by year’s end.
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