TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two Traverse City school administrators have been suspended without pay for violating district policy, fallout from a sexual assault case involving a former school board president's son and a teenage student.
The Traverse City Record-Eagle (http://bit.ly/OG0kj6 ) says human resources director Cindy Berck was suspended for a week. In 2008, she approved hiring Marc Morris as a custodian at East Middle School.
The 28-year-old Morris is charged with sexual assaulting a 13-year-old girl who attended the school. Morris is the son of longtime school board President Gerald Morris, who left in 2008.
Officials say Morris' hiring violated the district's nepotism policy.
Cathy Meyer-Looze, director of professional development and former principal at East Middle School, also was suspended for two weeks for not aggressively pursuing and documenting misconduct allegations against Marc Morris.
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Information from: Traverse City Record-Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com
