An Ocean Bay Elementary School principal remains on administrative leave with pay by Horry County Schools more than a year after being accused of failing to report child neglect at the school.
Rebecca Schroyer was charged with two counts of failing to report a child neglect allegation for an incident that happened during the 2021-22 school year. The incident, which happened in February 2022, involved a teacher “putting hand sanitizer in a child’s open wound,” The Sun News previously reported .
Properly reporting suspected child abuse is required by South Carolina’s mandated reporters law, which includes educational professionals.
Schroyer was placed on administrative leave with pay in November 2022.
The case against Schroyer stemmed from charges against Grace McColgan, who was a special education teacher at the same elementary school
In July 2023, McColgan pleaded guilty to charges involving child neglect and received a sentence of 30 days in jail. She had been charged with six counts of unlawful conduct towards a child, stemming from the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, previously reported by The Sun News.