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Once I Knew by Victoria Lynn6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() The news was a stunning conclusion to Dunn’s monthslong crusade to contest Campbell’s 2021 decision to fire her and her husband, Pat, the boys’ varsity basketball assistant coach. The attorney reported that a school district investigation had substantiated Dunn’s claims that Campbell had fabricated student interviews he supposedly conducted as part of an investigation into teen drinking at a prom-night party at Dunn’s home 18 months earlier. ![]() Just two hours before Campbell made public his resignation, Jill Dunn - a former tennis coach at the high school where her sons graduated - had received an email from Addison Central School District’s lawyer bearing news of a very different nature. ![]() Before coming to Middlebury, he had served as principal of Hanover High School in New Hampshire for eight years.īut one person wasn’t surprised by the principal’s announcement. Campbell, halfway through his third year on the job, was an affable and well-respected administrator who greeted students at the front door every morning and knew most by name. “It has been a deep honor to be part of the MUHS community and I will cherish the memories I’ve made.”įor many students, parents and staff, the news came as a jolt. “After much contemplation, many conversations with family, and some deep introspection, I have decided to resign my position,” Campbell wrote in his January 23 email. ![]() The resignation letter that Middlebury Union High School principal Justin Campbell sent to the school community was brief and boilerplate. ![]()
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