JAMAICA
Loop
BY: PAUL HENRY
January 18, 2017
Heather Murray — the Hampton High School principal, who came under intense public criticism for attending Moravian pastor Rupert Clarke’s bail hearing — has refused to take a recommended two-week leave stemming from the controversy.
Murray said that she didn’t agree to going on leave and will be staying put.
As such, Murray was on the job Monday after shooting off a letter — through her attorney Andre Earle of the form Earle & Wilson — informing Trevor Blake, chairman of the school board, over the weekend that she would not be going on the announced two weeks leave.
The leave should have commenced on Monday, January 16. The announcement of the leave followed a meeting with Education Minister Ruel Reid, Blake, Murray and other education officials.
The meeting was to discuss allegations that Murray interfered with journalists trying to capture images of Clarke being led from the St Elizabeth Parish Court on January 4.
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