LATHAM — Bethlehem Schools and Scott Landry, the high school principal it placed on leave back in May, settled on a tentative agreement Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28.
The terms of the agreement will now go to Bethlehem’s board of education, where it must decide to agree or contend within seven days.
Both parties emerged out of their private meeting shortly before 2 p.m. Both sides are currently sequestered in a private meeting room as they discuss. Details of the agreement were not revealed, and neither side was able to comment.
Landry has been on leave from his role as Bethlehem Central High School principal since the school district allegedly reacted to a series of emails between the administrator and potential clients for his private consulting business.
Landry had attended a Capital District-wide job fair as a representative of Bethlehem Central prior to being placed on leave. He reportedly obtained a mailing list of people looking for jobs. Soon afterwards, he had sent emails out to those people, offering his insight and coaching advice for a fee to help clients land prospective jobs in education. Immediately afterwards, Bethlehem Central received complaints about the emails.
Landry has maintained his innocence, claiming that he had done nothing wrong by sending solicitations for his consulting services. The school district has previously declined comment.
Both parties started a hearing under education law earlier this morning, Sept. 28 at Capital Region BOCES in Latham.
Michael Hallisey is managing editor of Spotlight Newspapers.