A school board in Georgia fired a high school principal after he violated the terms of a “last chance” letter he received in July. The principal’s last offense: He supposedly suggested a school social worker wear a dress and stilettos to a presentation.
The Cobb County school board fired principal Lawrence Bynum, going beyond the recommendations of the district superintendent and a panel of educators who heard testimony on sexual harassment allegations, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
The superintendent had recommended a suspension and demotion.
During the previous summer, Bynum was promoted from middle school principal to high school principal.
It turns out, during that time, he was under investigation regarding allegations against him at his former school.
That investigation concluded Bynum had created a hostile work environment for some employees at the middle school.
Bynum has retained a lawyer, who says the district “threw away a jewel when they got rid of him. He didn’t do any of that talking.”
