Staff member placed on leave at Phoenix elementary school where student was assaulted

A staff member at Orangewood Elementary School in Phoenix has been placed on administrative leave just days after a man was arrested for sexually assaulting a child there.

Police say Abel Kai Gblah snuck onto the campus on Wednesday, Nov. 19, lured a student into a classroom and sexually assaulted her.

Initial reports alleged he followed a student into the building who had been buzzed in at the main entrance. Now the district says he entered through the interior lobby door, which was unlocked, and walked in with a student who was tardy. As part of the investigation, a staff member has been put on leave…

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