Investigation Underway Into Methacton Administrators' Alleged Relationship

Methacton Area School District is paying legal counsel $150 per hour to consult in investigation of alleged liaison between superintendent and curriculum director.

The Methacton School Board has appointed special outside legal counsel to advise it in an investigation of claims that Methacton School District superintendent Dr. Timothy Quinn and Dr. Diane Barrie, the district’s Director of Curriculum have engaged in inappropriate behavior concerning an alleged relationship between the two. The legal counsel was appointed at the Oct. 23 regular meeting and the school district has since issued a statement on the district website regarding the matter. According to the statement, the board was aware of allegations against Quinn and Barrie on Oct. 19, and appointed Frank Bartle, the managing partner at Dischell, Bartle and Dooley in Lansdale, as the special counsel on Oct. 25. A district spokesperson said …

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