Police were called to the high school on Nov. 12 and the principal told them a student’s family member had told him of a possible inappropriate relationship between Jackson and the female teen, according to the report.
The student reportedly confided in a family member about an alleged incident last school year, but it wasn’t reported to the school or police. When the student reported another incident that occurred Oct. 30 at the high school, the family member decided to report it to school administrators.
The principal had the student and her family member write out statements, then contacted the police and placed Jackson on administrative leave.
The offense listed on the police report is sexual imposition and the dates of the offense are April 1 through Oct. 30. The report doesn’t indicate if any charges were filed.
FIRST REPORT, Nov. 23:
A Yellow Springs high school teacher and Southeastern school board member is on leave from his job pending an unspecified investigation.
“An investigation is underway, involving a complaint lodged against our Yellow Springs High School social studies teacher, Shawn Jackson,” Superintendent Mario Basora said. “Student safety and confidentiality are of paramount importance to us and we can’t really share any more information regarding the ongoing investigation at this time.”
Jackson lives in Clark County and is a board member for the Southeastern Local School and the National Trail Parks and Recreation districts.
Jackson declined to comment Monday, but his attorney Susan Jansen said he is cooperating fully in the investigation.
“We’re confident he will be cleared of any wrong doing and returned to the classroom,” she said.
Court records in Clark and Greene counties don’t show any criminal charges against him.
He was placed on paid leave Nov. 12, according to a letter in his personnel file, and isn’t permitted on school grounds or to have any contact with students.
A substitute is teaching his classes, Basora said.
Jackson has been a teacher in the district for 25 years. He was elected to his current term on the Southeastern school board in 2011.
National Trail Director Leanne Castillo said she was unaware of the investigation Monday.
Jackson informed Southeastern Board President Tony Entler that he was on leave and the board has contacted its lawyer, Entler said.
“We really don’t have any specifics either,” he said.
Another Southeastern board member, Tammy Stoops, has been charged with theft in office, stemming from an allegation at her job at Madison County’s juvenile court. She has been terminated from that job.
School board members met to discuss that situation on Nov. 6 and said they planned to monitor it but not take any immediate action. Her case has been bound over to Madison County Common Pleas Court. No date has been set for a grand jury hear the case.
Stoops was elected by voters, Entler said, so the board can’t take action to replace her unless she is convicted.
The board will likewise monitor the situation with Jackson, he said.
Southeastern Superintendent David Shea also said he didn’t know more details about the investigation involving Jackson.
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