AG Tong launches probe of hiring at Greenwich schools

Attorney General William Tong has invoked his civil rights enforcement authority to investigate possible hiring discrimination after a video surfaced that featured a Greenwich public school official claiming he would not hire Catholics, conservatives, older applicants and those who don”™t share his progressive political views.

Earlier this week, the investigative group Project Veritas released an undercover video showing Cos Cob Elementary School”™s Assistant Principal Jeremy Boland saying espousing hiring bias. Boland has been placed on administrative leave and the school system stated it would begin a review of the case.

“I want to make two points absolutely clear,” said Tong in a statement. “First, I do not play politics with my enforcement authority, and I do not play politics with civil rights investigations. And I definitely do not play politics when it comes to Connecticut”™s schools, students, and teachers. That means I am going to run this investigation by the book and according to our standard procedure for investigations. I will not rush to judgement, and I will respect due process. I am not going to do anything different just because it is a political season and people want to see me reach one conclusion or another.

“Second,” he added. “We will conduct a thorough investigation, and review and analyze all the evidence. This will not happen overnight. We will get to the bottom of this and hold accountable anyone engaged in actionable misconduct.”

Photo Credit: Jeremy Boland’s photo courtesy of the Greenwich Public Schools website.