Why publish article about principal’s firing?

This is regarding the recent article about the firing of Dave Mason, the principal of Waynesburg Central High School. We find it disheatening that the Observer-Reporter would find it necessary to print this article.
According to your source, this controversy has been ongoing since August. It is deplorable that anyone close to it would even comment on such a sensitive situation. Why print this article at all?
We cannot imagine the anguish and pain this family has endured. Yet it seems that we, as a society, have no compassion or regard for this family’s hardships.
Yes, maybe your readers had a right to know, but the timing was atrocious.
Wayne and SanDee Kiger
Mt. Morris