Rootstown board OKs principal’s retirement as parents protest

ROOTSTOWN − The principal of Rootstown Elementary School, already reprimanded and replaced with an interim leader for the remainder of the school year, will be alllowed to retire.

Rootstown Local Schools Board of Education voted unanimously April 20 to “approve the irrevocable resignation of Jeffrey Turner effective at the close of business on July 31, 2026, for purposes of retirement.”

Turner was replaced after the parents of two female students said Turner instructed the girls not to tell anyone that a male classmate exposed himself…

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