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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

‘Not to be employed’: NSW principal sacked after investigation into claim she sexually abused a male student

School exam tables in an examination hall
The mother of former year 12 student discovered messages between a NSW school principal and her son after he died last year. Photograph: Lincoln Beddoe/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A New South Wales public high school principal has been fired by the education department and placed on its “not to be employed list” after an investigation found she “engaged in misconduct” following a claim she sexually abused a student.

The dismissal comes after Guardian Australia last year revealed the woman was being investigated by the department and police over a claim she abused a 17-year-old when she was in her late 40s.

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