A Wake County principal was punished with the loss of 10 days of pay following an investigation of his handling of abuse allegations against a teacher.
The Wake County school system had announced on Jan. 15 that Stacey Alston would immediately leave his post as principal of East Wake High School in Wendell to take a job in the central office. School district records show that the transfer also came with a two-week suspension without pay that ran Jan. 15-29.
School officials say they can’t discuss the reason for the suspension due to state personnel laws. But the transfer and suspension came after a former East Wake High special-education teacher was convicted on multiple charges of assaulting students with disabilities…