Exclusive: Borough School Superintendent Calls Police on School Board President
The superintendent of the Bristol Borough School District filed a complaint on Friday involving School Board President David Chichilitti with the police.
Sources with intimate knowledge of the incident, on the condition of anonymity, told the publication, Dr. Rose Minniti called the authorities on Chichilitti due to a confrontation the two had on Friday.
The confrontation, multiple sources reported, involved an employee of the school district. The specifics pertaining to the employee and the reason for the confrontation are unclear as of press time.
Sgt. Joe Moors, covering for the vacationing Chief of Police, Steve Henry, declined to comment, nor would he confirm or deny that District’s School Superintendent called police or filed a report. Moors directed the publication to contact Henry, who is vacationing out of state presently, which was done through E-mail Sunday evening.
Chichilitti contacted Sunday evening, said “I can’t comment on that,” when asked if there was an incident with police involvement.
At last months school board meeting, Chichilitti admitted to being “pretty aggressive” with Minniti, in discussing reopening the districts schools. The School Board President, while thanking the hard work of the superintendent and administration said “If she hung up on me, I wouldn’t blame her.”
Minniti, a longtime educator and administrator, began her tenure as superintendent in August of 2019. Dr. Minniti could not be reached for comment as of publication time.
School Board President Chichilitti is running for reelection and is on the municipal ballot in this months primary.
This is the actions we as a district need to get rid of in the Borough, I’m sure Ms Miniti was doing her job as a superintendent and Mr Chicchilitti wanted it in his favor and of course went off the deep end. We need to get rid of the arrogance and work with those who are going to work together or at least try to. These school districts are not teaching our teachers how to fulfill their jobs if they cannot commit to theirs. It’s not about who gets their way here, or a beauty pageant for our administration, we our students are here to earn respect and give respect like it use to be. Our students need the tools to learn and it starts with not only the teachers, but the administrators as well! I’m not here to knock anyone down, but it’s way out of control now without decent answers. Our world is struggling enough right now without the extra burdens of stress that these things are bringing upon us, as a parent and grandparent it’s hard to not react to these actions. Get it together., work with each other, things are not always as planned but will come together. No need to disrespect each other, there’s always other solutions. It’s not teaching our younger generations, and we cannot communicate if this continues.