Missouri College Trustee Resigns After Battery Arrest
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Mark Samsel, a Kansas state representative, resigned from his position on the Missouri Valley College Board of Trustees five days after he was arrested and charged with battery after allegedly kicking a high school student, FOX 2 Now reported.
Videos show Samsel ranting at students and talking about sex and suicide and using profanity while substitute teaching at Wellsville High School.
Students said Samsel also shoved a teenage boy and kicked him in the groin, parents told FOX 2.
Missouri Valley College officials confirmed to the television station that they asked Samsel to resign. The Wellsville school district said Samsel will no longer be able to substitute teach there, and Kansas House leadership is looking into what happened.
After arrest, Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel loses seat on alma mater s board of trustees Jonathan Shorman, The Kansas City Star
May 4 TOPEKA Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel has lost his seat on the Missouri Valley College board of trustees following his arrest last week after he was alleged to have kneed a student in the crotch.
It s one of the first professional consequences Samsel has faced from videos showing the 36-year-old lawmaker talking to students about God, sex, suicide and giving them permission to kick another student in the balls while substitute teaching at Wellsville secondary school last Wednesday. We are aware of the situation involving Mark Samsel. On April 30, 2021, Mr. Samsel was asked to resign from the Missouri Valley College Board of Trustees, Missouri Valley College, or MVC, said in an unsigned statement on Tuesday.