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Mashpee Superintedent of Schools Brian Hyde
FALMOUTH – Just hours after Mashpee School Superintendent Brian Hyde pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of breaking and entering and trespass, he was placed on paid administrative leave by the Mashpee School Committee.
The School Committee has named Assistant Superintendent Patricia DeBoer as Acting Superintendent while Hyde is on indefinite leave.
Hyde was arraigned in Falmouth District Court Thursday morning after a clerk magistrate found probable cause on Wednesday to move forward with criminal charges against him for entering a student’s home during a residency check in September.
He was released on personal recognizance and will return to court for a pre-trial conference on November 13. Hyde left the courthouse immediately after the arraignment without commenting to reporters.
The Cape and Islands district attorney’s office filed an application for a show cause hearing last week on the charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor and trespass.
Marilyn King, the mother of the student involved, alleges that Hyde trespassed into their home during his investigation.
Hyde previously issued a statement that the incident on September 29 was a routine residency check to determine whether a student, who had moved out of the district and then returned, was a resident of the town.
But King, who had recently purchased a house on Windsor Way in Mashpee, said Hyde arrived at the home unannounced and entered uninvited to search her daughter’s room.
After the incident, Hyde sent out a prepared statement explaining his side of the story. “Mashpee Public Schools has a student registration practice of completing a home visit to all new or returning students and confirming residency,”
Hyde wrote. “As a result of residency laws, school choice criteria, and regulations addressing the education of homeless students, the registration process for students is more complex and requires greater documentation than in the past.”
By MATT PITTA and MATT MCCARTHY, CapeCod.com NewsCenter
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Heil to the fuhrers of this town for such routine checks. This is America where he is damn lucky to be alive. Our rule kill them if they break in
Dr. Jekyll and Brian Hyde should be in jail, period.
It this unreal…where does he get the nerve to do this? I agree with Cedeboo….if a stranger comes in unannounced…pull the trigger! It sounds something a liberal would do…
It is a shame that when a man does the job he is supposed to do he is treated this way. I have no idea of the circumstances however his explanation sounds valid. I guess the media can be applauded fir convicting a man without a trial. Reminds me of watching the old western movies where the mob woukd come I’n to hang a man without a trial after he was put I’n jail. It is sad society acted like that way back when and we continue to act like that today. I guessed we never learn anything. What are we teaching our children if adults continue to act this way?