Sharp-eyed viewers of our live-stream Internet broadcast probably were disappointed that the show I wanted to do last night on the removal of the principal at Cardinal O'Hara High School did not happen.
I assure you it wasn't my decision.
But there is some good news that came out of the silence.
It's not coming from the archdiocese.
Spokesman Ken Gavin sent an email in which he stated the archdiocese would "politely decline" to come on the show.
As for ousted Principal Marie Rogai, while she could not make it last night, her attorney Dan McElhatton said that was because they both had previous engagements. I will try to get them for another night. I still would love to hear her version of what happened, and why she decided to send an email to the entire O'Hara community blasting the archdiocese for their decision and maintaining she had not been given a reason for her dismissal.
At least one reader, a teacher at O'Hara who has obviously been following the case closely and just as obviously prefers to remain anonymous, was not surprised at the archdiocese's decision. He's not a big fan of either the school administration or the archdiocese for the way this entire incident has been handled.
He stresses something that many tied to the school have openly mocked - the allegation that Rogai's personality, that she was not smiling enough for instance - played a role in her firing.
The O'Hara teacher has several questions he'd like to see answered, such as why has the Advisory Board seen such a secret for eight years? Is there any record of their agendas/minutes? Will there ever be an accounting for the vote that decided the fate of the principal? And why did people know Rogai's fate before she did?
I realize everyone has an agenda in this thing. At this point I'm not sure we'll ever be getting the answers, unless all of this somehow winds up in a court room.
It doesn't mean I won't keep asking the questions.
By the way, if you want to catch our great discussion of the Eagles going into the bye week, with beat writer Bob Grotz and columnist Jack McCaffery, you can catch the replay here.
I didn't ask them their opinion of what happened at O'Hara. They're about the only two people I have not asked.
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