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Neshaminy School District Superintendent Dr. Rob McGee was abruptly placed on leave late last week, according to sources.
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On Friday afternoon, according to sources, district officials escorted McGee out of the Neshaminy administrative offices at Maple Point Middle School in Middletown Township. He was then placed on leave.
Several sources with knowledge of the action told LevittownNow.com Monday night and Tuesday morning that McGee remains an employee of the district, but he is on leave.
A Neshaminy spokesperson had no comment on the situation.
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Neshaminy staff and parents received emails from McGee leading up to last Friday. None mentioned an impending leave of absence.
An agenda for Tuesday evening’s school board meeting proposes the governing body votes on placing McGee on leave. The effective date is retroactive to last Friday.
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The board will consider appointing Director of Secondary Education Jason Bowman as the substitute superintendent.
Paul Meehan, the district’s director of administration, is also set to have a leave of absence voted on at Tuesday’s meeting, but sources said that was not related to McGee and had been scheduled due to a medical reason.
A number of district employees at different schools and in varying jobs in Neshaminy said they were unsure of the exact reason McGee was placed on leave, but rumors had been swirling about why the district’s top non-elected official is so abruptly out of the office.
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McGee was unable to be reached for comment Tuesday morning.
McGee’s contract runs through 2025.
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The Levittown-native filled the superintendent job after Superintedent Joseph Jones left Neshaminy in 2020 at the end of his contract. McGee is a Neshaminy graduate and worked as a math teacher and served in various administrative roles before getting the top job.
McGee led the district through a large portion of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the push to return students to classrooms with mitigation measures in place before other districts in Bucks County. Emails from McGee to parents became common during the pandemic and he received positive marks from many in the community.
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