St. Paul’s Top Administrator Defends School Amid Criminal Investigation

By Catie Edmondso
Boston Globe
July 18, 2017

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/07/18/paul-top-administrator-defends-school-amid-criminal-investigation/dota1jydQCvRY48bJQdkFI/story.html

St. Paul School’s top administrator offered a defense of the elite preparatory school on Monday while also acknowledging the recent misconduct of male students who documented relationships with girls on a crown.

The letter, sent by Rector Michael G. Hirschfeld, comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that the New Hampshire attorney general’s office has launched a criminal investigation into the school to determine whether administrators engaged in conduct that endangered the welfare of children. Concord police and New Hampshire State Police will assist in the investigation.

Hirschfeld wrote that he was “startled and saddened” by the announcement, and that he would continue to stand up for the students, staff, and faculty of the school.

“I have seen the media characterize the School in ways that stand in nearly complete opposition to the reality we live,” he said. “We are not perfect — you’ve heard me say this before — but what I need to say now, and much more often, is how proud I am of our students and our community.”