Brant Catholic school board trustee on leave of absence

Brant Catholic school board trustee Rick Petrella on leave of absence

Catholic school board trustee Rick Petrella -- under fire since news broke of a publicly funded trip to Italy -- is on a leave of absence

Brant Catholic school board trustee on leave of absence

Rick Petrella’s leave follows months of public scrutiny over Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board trustees’ Italy trip.

Radical welcome: How to save a Catholic school

Anne Gattman Anne McNeill Gattman, 60, is principal of St. Jerome School in Maplewood, a Catholic elementary and middle school she helped salvage with a radical enrollment boost. She and her husband, Jim, are parents of three 20-something sons. Q) Was education always your calling? A) I knew (for) as long as I can remember that I wanted to be a teacher. I played school in our basement, and I received a chalkboard for Christmas when I was in eigh…