Providence Schools Superintendent Harrison Peters.
The Rhode Island Department of Education says that Commissioner Angélica Infante Green was “not aware” of now-former Providence schools official Olayinka Alege’s controversial past in Florida prior to his hiring in Rhode Island.
Alege who was arrested this week for “forcibly rubbing a stranger’s foot” and subsequently resigned was known in Florida for “toe-popping” students as a form of punishment.
Peters had faced serious criticism for his handling of a separate sex incident in Florida, as GoLocal reported.
Alege s Behavior
“Five boys told deputies that King High assistant principal Olayinka Alege asked them on numerous occasions to take off a shoe and sock behind closed doors, and allow him to pop their toes. They said it didn t hurt, but they didn t like it, either,” reported the Florida Sun-Sentinel in July 2009.
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A Providence Schools administrator who had been placed on paid leave following a recent arrest on an assault charge has now resigned.
Olayinka Alege, the Superintendent of Secondary Schools in Providence, was charged with simple assault and/or battery by Warwick Police.
According to the report filed the alleged incident took place between Alege and a young man and it involved strange behavior involving the young man s foot not dissimilar to behavior he demonstrated at his previous job in Florida.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST