'You freak me out': School official loses job after allegedly harassing trans teenBy Tim Fitzsimons and The Associated Press
March 20, 2019, 2:27 PM PDT
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/you-freak-me-out-school-official-loses-job-after-allegedly-n985406The school board in Harrison County, West Virginia, voted on Tuesday not to renew the contract of a school official who had been temporarily suspended late last year for allegedly harassing a transgender male student.
Lee Livengood, an assistant principal at Liberty High School, allegedly followed Michael Critchfield, 15, into the boys' bathroom last November and told him, "You freak me out."
Livengood was suspended without pay for four days in December before returning to Liberty High. The American Civil Liberties Union's West Virginia chapter called the suspension "not sufficient."
The ACLU said 1,100 people signed a petition demanding the board take action. The petition was delivered Tuesday. . . .
