The details of an incident that took place in the Smithfield High School football locker room have yet to be made public. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
Smithfield Public Schools Superintendent Dawn Bartz is on paid administrative leave, the town’s School Committee announced Wednesday.
The announcement from School Committee Chair Richard Iannitelli arrived less than 48 hours after a marathon meeting at Smithfield High School attended by hundreds of people from the community. The committee met Monday night for three hours in closed session with Bartz before emerging for a unanimous vote to hire an outside legal team to conduct an investigation into an alleged antisemitic hazing incident among football players in the boys’ locker room…