“The district does not discuss ongoing personnel concerns, and further information is not available at this time,” said district spokeswoman Amanda Brown in a released statement.
Patrick Masters, a retired administrator from Dayton and Northmont schools, will serve as interim principal. The school district worked with the county Educational Service Center to place Masters in the role, Brown said.
“We understand that sudden changes can be unsettling,” Gupta wrote in his letter. “Our top priority is to ensure that this does not compromise in any way the academic excellence to which our students are accustomed. We appreciate your understanding and support as we work through the issues related to this leadership change.”
Waller has served as high school principal since August 2009. Before that, he served as the Fairfield High School principal, and in Hamilton County he served as a middle school principal and assistant high school principal for Oak Hills Schools and a chemistry teacher at Princeton High School.
His salary was $141,250 in 2022, the most recent year available in the Dayton Daily News Payroll Project searchable database.
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