The Geneva Middle School Principal accused of inappropriate contact with a student is no longer employed by the Geneva School District.
The Finger Lakes Times reports the school board accepted John DeFazio, Jrs. resignation at its December 13 meeting. Former Assistant Principal Matt Heath has been named Principal. DeFazio, who faces a charge of endangering the welfare of a child, was to have gone on trial this month, but a scheduling conflict with his attorney has postponed the trial. No new trial date has been set.
DeFazio’s attorney says the charge is the result of a vendetta on the part of students upset with DeFazio’s enforcement of the district’s dress code and discipline policies.
