BUCKLEY, WA – An Elk Ridge Elementary kindergarten teacher is on administrative leave as the White River School District investigates allegations of inappropriate conduct with a child, police records and interviews show.
The Buckley Police Department report obtained by The Center Square stems from an April 22 incident, in which a mother accused the teacher of kissing her daughter after he asked the girl for permission. The teacher told WRSD a different story when self-reporting it nearly a week after the fact, the report said.
The mother also told police that teacher Dayby Compton engaged in a series of inappropriate behaviors with her six-year-old daughter last fall. Buckley PD initially categorized the report as indecent liberties, which is a felony sex crime, then closed the case after it couldn’t determine whether a crime occurred…