Update on St. Paul's School Independent Compliance Overseer, Agreement on Additional Terms

Concord, NH – Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that St. Paul's School has agreed to additional terms requested by the Attorney General's Office related to filling the vacant Independent Compliance Overseer position prior to the students returning in January 2021, pursuant to the requirements of the September 11, 2018 Settlement Agreement. 

Following the resignation of the Independent Compliance Overseer on October 19, 2020, St. Paul's School is required to provide three qualified candidates to the Attorney General's Office to fill this role. St. Paul's School provided those names in a letter dated December 19, 2020.

Additionally, St. Paul's School has agreed to hire an additional person in support of the Independent Compliance Overseer, to indemnify the Independent Compliance Overseer and the additional person for actions taken in their official capacity, and to engage RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) to complete a comprehensive program assessment of the programs and procedures as they pertain to student safety.

Letters confirming this agreement can be found here:

• December 17, 2020 – Deputy Attorney General's Letter to St. Paul's School
• December 19, 2020 – St. Paul's School Letter to Attorney General's Office