Virginia middle school principal charged with assaulting student after backside smack
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former middle-school principal has been charged with misdemeanor assault after police say he smacked a defiant student on the backside earlier this year.
Fifty-three-year-old Terrence Yarborough of Woodbridge had been principal of Carl Sandburg Middle School in Alexandria until he was placed on leave and then resigned after the April 4 incident.
Fairfax County Police said Tuesday that Yarborough asked a 12-year-old girl in the cafeteria to pick something up off the floor. Police say Yarborough then hit the girl on her buttocks after she twice said no.
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At the time, Fairfax County Public Schools declined to discuss why Yarborough had been placed on leave.
Police charged Yarborough with misdemeanor assault earlier this month.
A message seeking comment from Yarborough was not immediately returned Tuesday.