CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) | An assistant principal accused of harassing a transgender student will be out of his job after this school year.
The board of education in Harrison County, West Virginia, voted to not renew a probationary contract for Lee Livengood, who allegedly followed a teenager into the boys’ bathroom at Liberty High School and said “You freak me out.”
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Superintendent Mark Manchin initially tried to extend Livengood’s contract. Manchin said the March 19 board vote to end his employment on June 30 was unanimous.
Fifteen-year-old student Michael Critchfield said Livengood also ordered him in November to prove his gender by using a urinal. Livengood was suspended without pay before returning to Liberty High.
The American Civil Liberties Union said 1,100 people signed a petition demanding the board take action.
