BREWER, Maine — The Brewer School Committee and Principal David Wall, who left his post at Brewer High School in mid-October, have agreed to “part ways,” school district attorney Melissa Hewey of Portland said in a released statement.
“Brewer School Department and Principal David Wall have agreed to part ways due to difference in leadership philosophy and management style,” Hewey said in the statement.
The Brewer School Committee held a closed-door meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday to discuss a severance agreement with Wall and then returned to public session to endorse it, which became effective Tuesday.
In exchange for agreeing not to ask for his job back or sue the school department, Wall will get a check for $37,637 on Nov. 18 for his pay and another check for $9,032 for unused vacation time, according to the severance package agreed upon.
Superintendent Cheri Towle issued a statement saying she appreciated Wall’s hard work at the school and “his desire to help students grow and achieve.”
Wall, who was not at the meeting, hired Skelton Taintor & Abbott, an Auburn law firm, to represent him.
Details about the reason behind his departure have not been made public. His attorney, Rebecca Webber, said last week that Wall’s departure had nothing to do with the First Amendment or with any students, and it had everything to do with his interactions with Towle.
Hewey also declined to provide a reason for the parting of the ways, beyond the released statement.
“While there has been a significant amount of speculation in the press and the community about the reason Mr. Wall has been on leave, the School Committee wants to make clear that it has never had any information, whatsoever, that Mr. Wall behaved inappropriately with students,” she said.
“We wish him the best as he continues his educational pursuits and career,” Towle said.