MASSACHUSETTS
Newburyport Daily News
LAWRENCE — A Salisbury resident is one of two members of Central Catholic High School’s staff identified as recently being placed on leave pending the outcome of misconduct investigations.
Parents, students and law enforcement officials identified social studies teacher and Salisbury resident John Housianitis, as well as basketball coach and Dean of Students Richard Nault, as the two staff members suspended last week during investigations of their behavior.
Information on the action taken was included in a letter sent Thursday evening to students, parents and alumni by Central Catholic’s president, Christopher Sullivan. The two were not identified in Sullivan’s letter.
Allegations involving the staff members came to the school’s attention in the wake of the firing of Andrew Nikonchuk, the former director of curriculum and instruction at the school. Nikonchuk, 36, of Lowell is under investigation for the drugging and rape of a student in 2006.
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