The Stamford school district has moved to terminate three high school administrators and the assistant superintendent has offered to resign in connection with a sex scandal that rocked the school last December.
Stamford High School principal Donna Valentine and assistant principal Roth Nordin have been suspended since officials began investigating a sexual relationship between former English teacher Danielle Watkins and a male student. Watkins is now serving a five-year prison sentence.
Officials said the two knew about the inappropriate relationship and failed to report it.
Supt. Winifred Hamilton is now in the process of terminating both Valentine and Nordin and said the school system is actively searching for a new high school principal.
A second assistant principal, Angela Thomas-Graves, is also facing termination, according to Hamilton. Thomas-Graves was briefly suspended when the allegations first came out but returned to work after a week.
"Angela Thomas Graves has received notification this afternoon of my intent to move for her termination, and she has been placed on administrative leave as required by law, effective immediately," Hamilton said in a statement Friday afternoon. "I assure you, each and every decision related to this incident has been made with safety of children and the best interest of the district in mind."
Assistant superintendent Michael Fernandes has offered to resign, according to an announcement posted on the Stamford Public Schools website Wednesday. He is the most senior school official involved in the case.
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Stephen Falcone, executive director of human resources for Stamford Public Schools, has been suspended for one month. Head of security Curtis Tinnin, security guard James Jordan and high school social worker James Cooney have received letters of warning, the superintendent said.
