Brockton Superintendent of Schools Mike Thomas, who has been on paid leave for more than a year amid a budget crisis, spoke to The Enterprise at War Memorial Park in West Bridgewater on Monday ...

Thomas declined to detail how the overspending became known. That will be for the audit and investigation the school committee authorized on Friday, he said.

Thomas signed a five-year contract with the school department in July of 2022 that expires on June 30, 2027. According to the contract, his salary was listed at $238,933 with annual raises.