'Pregnancy pact' principal has new job

(NECN) - Former Gloucester, Massachusetts High School Principal Joseph Sullivan has a new job. He's been hired as principal of Saint Joseph's School in Wakefield. Sullivan resigned last Friday, following a furor over his comments on the school's surge in student pregnancies. He claimed Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk slandered him by questioning his integrity and intelligence. More from the Associated Press: GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The former principal of a Massachusetts high school who told Time magazine there was a pact among some students to get pregnant now has a new job. read more

NECN | August 21, 2008