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Battlin' principal loses fight for job
Posted on December 8, 2006 3:47 PM
Adults of a certain age can remember a time when getting a butt-kicking from a teacher or the principal was just part of the experience they would come to know nostalgically as "childhood."
Shawn "The Principal" Hearn fought four bouts at the High School level, three during the first week of classes...
On Aug. 28, the first day of classes for the newly hired principal, Hearn grabbed a female student, whom he was trying to discipline, by her waist from behind and inadvertently scratched her lower back, according to Mark Roy, who is familiar with the incident because he is a member of the Eastern restructuring team that worked with Hearn.The fourth fight resulted in Shawn and another student throwin' down in the hallway. 5-0 arrived to break it up and get the gladiators charged with misdemeanor simple assault. Those charges were dropped later.
The next day, Hearn was involved in an incident with a parent, according to a school official who would not provide any details of that altercation.
On Aug. 31, Hearn grabbed another student who became irate in his office, according to a police report. That student fell to the floor and required two stitches for a head injury. No charges were filed in the incident, and police at the scene ruled it an accident.
The DC school district has decided to fire Principal Shawn. I guess they want a fighter who can float like a butterfly and sting like a spelling bee instead.
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