Somerville's Holiday Kerfuffle: Principal Apologizes, Mayor Responds on MSNBC
Somerville was thrust into the national spotlight for an email about Columbus Day and Thanksgiving sent by the principal of the Kennedy School.
The principal of the John F. Kennedy Elementary School has apologized to parents, staff and students for sending a controversial email that made national news, and Somerville's mayor, Joseph Curtatone, appeared on MSNBC to defend Somerville's reputation. The controversy started Friday when the Boston Herald published a column, titled "Fun takes a holiday in Somerville," in which the columnist quoted from an email written by Kennedy School Principal Anne Foley. In the email, the school's head said of Christopher Columbus, "For many of us and our students celebrating this particular person is an insult and a slight to the people he annihilated" and, "On the same lines—we need to be careful around Thanksgiving Day time as well." You can read …
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Dana
8:39 pm on Monday, October 24, 2011
She is a hack and needs to resign. Since this came up, I have heard nothing nice about her. Just an cold woman who makes people call her doctor. We don't need people like Anne in the schools and that email exposed her. more ›