An assistant principal for a Miami Beach elementary school was arrested on federal child porn charges, sources told NBC 6.
Don Clippinger, assistant principal for Fienberg-Fisher K-8 Center, was arrested Tuesday morning, Miami-Dade County Public Schools officials confirmed.
The details of the charges were unknown. No attorney information was immediately available.
"The accusations made against this employee are disgraceful and reprehensible, and constitute conduct unbecoming a school district employee," the school district said in a statement. "Miami-Dade County Public Schools has initiated procedures for the immediate termination of this individual from any and all employment with the school district."
Clippinger was a 23-year employee of the school district, officials said.
At the school at 14th Street and Washington Avenue Tuesday, parents said they received a call from the school advising that the assistant principal had been accused of downloading child pornography.
"My heart stopped. As a mom you bring your kids to school to be safe, the last thing you would expect is something like this to happen," parent Bee Santana said. "Especially, you know, with an assistant principal, and now that you tell me he's been around a long time, now they should investigate the prior schools he went to to see if there were any incidents or what not."
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Clippinger is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
