Principal positioned on go away throughout locker room theft investigation at Oakwood HS resigns
Oakwood Excessive Faculty principal Paul Waller has resigned, in response to a spokesperson from the district.
Waller’s resignation follows a months-long investigation into theft within the women’ locker room. He has been on administrative go away since Feb. 2.
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In January 2024, a male highschool pupil was discovered within the women’ locker room, in response to a earlier Information Heart 7 report.
He was going by way of pupil backpacks and taking feminine clothes.
In an e-mail obtained by Information Heart 7 by way of a public data request, on Feb. 2, one Oakwood participant advised Waller that she was “really disgusted” by the scenario.
“At first, I used to be very offended and I hoped that ‘the varsity will cope with it’ can be true…Nonetheless, it didn’t go that approach,” she wrote. “As an alternative, we needed to beg for even a suspension after a child in our faculty went by way of our locker room and stole stuff repeatedly for who is aware of how lengthy.”
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Waller grew to become the Oakwood Excessive Faculty principal in 2009. The spokesperson mentioned he submitted his resignation on June 5.
Oakwood leaders will start trying to find a brand new highschool principal instantly, the spokesperson mentioned.
Information Heart 7 final requested for an replace on the investigation in March.
