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Honors English Teacher Placed on Extended Leave Just Days Into New School Year at Bridgehampton

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Tom House has been an English teacher in the Bridgehampton School for 15 years and is also the founder and president of Hamptons Pride. DANA SHAW

Tom House has been an English teacher in the Bridgehampton School for 15 years and is also the founder and president of Hamptons Pride. DANA SHAW

authorCailin Riley on Sep 11, 2024
Just one week into the new school year, the Bridgehampton School District announced to parents that it had put a tenured English teacher on an extended leave of absence, with... more

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