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Principal resigns amid investigation into Oakwood HS locker room theft – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

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OAKWOOD – Oakwood High School Principal Paul Waller has resigned amid a months-long investigation, according to a school district spokesman.

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Waller was placed on February 2 pending an investigation into a theft in the girls’ locker room.

In January 2024, according to a previous report from News Center 7, a male high school student was found in the girls’ locker room.

He searched the students’ backpacks and took women’s clothing.

In an email obtained by News Center 7 through a public records request on Feb. 2, an Oakwood player told Waller she was “truly disgusted” by the situation.

“At first I was very angry and hoped that it was true, that the school would take care of it… But it didn’t,” she wrote. “Instead we even had to beg for a suspension after a child in our school ransacked our locker room and repeatedly stole things for who knows how long.”

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Waller became principal of Oakwood High School in 2009. The spokesman said he submitted his resignation on June 5.

Oakwood management will begin searching for a new principal immediately, the spokesman said.

News Center 7 last asked for an update on the investigation in March.

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