Asheville School head addresses sexual abuse lawsuit in letter to school community Karen Chávez, Asheville Citizen Times In response to a sex abuse lawsuit filed Dec. 15 by an alumnus against Asheville School, Dr. Anthony Sgro, the school head, penned a letter to the school community and spoke of other abuse allegations at least eight years ago by the teachers accused in the complaint. Walter Triplette, who attended the elite, $63,000-a-year boarding school from 1965-70, alleges sexual abuse by Richard P. Woodhouse, a Spanish teacher, and William Crutchfield, a math teacher. In an email addressed to the Asheville School Community, Sgrocalled Triplette's allegations “heart-wrenching.”