Overview
- Tony George extended his personal leave to allow the School Council’s investigation into an alleged physical interaction with a senior student to proceed without any perception of interference.
- The allegation centers on an incident at the end of term two when he reportedly clipped the back of a student’s head during a biblical studies lecture in Futter Hall.
- He initially began planned leave at the end of term and later took additional personal leave due to illness before formally extending his absence for the investigation.
- Stephen Edwards, the head of the senior school, has assumed the role of acting headmaster during George’s absence.
- George has affirmed his support for the school’s investigative process and declined further comment pending the inquiry’s outcome.