Posted on 05/03/2008 7:32:48 PM PDT by MovementConservative
LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) - Irv Nikolai resigned as superintendent of schools in La Grande hours after he was arrested on charges of sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl.
The La Grande Observer reports the 71-year-old Nikolai submitted his resignation by phone hours after he was arrested Friday on charges of touching the girl at a birthday party in Hillsboro.
He was serving as interim superintendent and was scheduled to leave office in June.
School board chairman John McKinnon says an acting superintendent will be named next week.
Nikolai is from Forest Grove. He is being held in La Grande on $1 million bail and is expected to be transferred later to Hillsboro.
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Information from: The (La Grande) Observer, http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/
Interim La Grande School District Superintendent Irv Nikolai, hours after being arrested by police for alleged sex abuse, submitted his resignation Friday.
“With regret, effective immediately, I tender my resignation as interim superintendent of La Grande public schools due to urgent personal and family matters needing my attention,’’ said Nikolai in a letter he submitted via phone.
Nikolai, 71, was arrested on charges of four counts of first-degree sex abuse of a child. The charges stem from an incident that allegedly occurred April 19 at 6:30 p.m. at a birthday party in a north Hillsboro home.
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/
Female superintendent would’ve not been arrested. It’s never “lust” with women. /SARC /DOUBLE-STANDARD
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