Principal accused of making hundreds of inappropriate phone calls to teen student
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Source: WWL-TV
Christy Sampson-Kelly
A former New Orleans principal has been arrested on accusations of communicating with a teenage student in a series of shockingly inappropriate phone conversations that took place on hundreds of occasions.
WWL-TV reports that the case centers around 49-year-old Christy Sampson-Kelly, who was hired as the principal at Travis Hill School, New Orleans’ school for incarcerated youth, in 2017.
The news outlet highlights a report from an investigator with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, which states that Sampson-Kelly was arrested in November of 2020 on accusations of engaging in more than 700 “extremely sexual and explicit” phone calls with a 17-year-old inmate.
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