Benjamin Wick

Benjamin Earl Wick (born November 19, 1923 in Ocean City, Maryland) is the principal of Rambault High School, the largest of the two High Schools in Rambault, Michigan. Wick is known for his even handed treatment of students sent to him for disciplinary action and for his belief that the school should strive to teach traditional values in a contemporary way.

Background
Ben Wick was born to Horatio and Ethel Wick of Ocean City, Maryland on November 19, 1923. He remained in hometown until the death of his son, Sanford, in 1947.

After Sanford's death Ben and his wife Lois moved to her hometown of Rambault, MI where Ben found work as a math teacher in the local high school. In 1959 he was promoted to Vice-Principal a position he held when the original High School was closed and the current building was opened in 1961.

The death of Principal Alan Turner in 1966 led to Wick's promotion to the position a job he has held since that time

Controversies
Wick is a well regarded member of the community but his career is not without controversy. In 1972 he faced criticism when he refused to allow a club that focused on the burgeoning feminist movement citing the lack of traditional family values as his reason.

He was vocally against the hiring of Elizabeth Shallot as Vice-Principal due to her lack of "Classroom experience." Instead he championed Donald Hargrave for the position but in the end the School Board went with Shallot.

Reaction to the death of Susan Wishbow
When Suze Wishbow met her untimely demise on September 2, 1983 public suspicion immediately turned to Don Hargrave as a potential culprit. While under pressure to release Hargrave, Wick instead chose to limit the embattled coach's activities to classroom only until more evidence proving his guilt could be presented.