Afternoon Edition: Stoughton High Makes Offer to New Assistant Principal

With the retirement of Assistant Principal Paul Jacobs, there was a hole in the administrative staff of SHS Principal Matt Colantonio. But, after an extensive search, Mike O'Neil has been identified as the leading candidate for the Assistant Principal position at the high school.

O'Neil is a Stoughton resident, who is well known in the community. A long-time coach (with the SLL's Major League Orioles) and Director for Stoughton Little League, he is also a South School parent.

He is currently a Social Studies teacher at Norton High School, where he has acted as Interim Assistant Principal, since the woman who held that position went on maternity leave.

No official announcement will be made until O'Neil agrees to terms and signs on the dotted line. But, Superintendent of Schools Marguerite Rizzi told About Town that, "We did a site visit last week to Mike's current school, and were most impressed at what his fellow administrators, teachers and students had to say about him and his work."  

If his baseball style is any indication of his administrative style, then the students will get a fair, well-prepared man who commands respect, who can be tough when he needs to be. I coached with him a number of years with the All Star Travel Teams.