(WIBW) Junction City High School’s principal is suspended following an incident involving a student with a hijab.
USD 475′s Board of Education met in executive session during their meeting Monday night. They remained behind closed doors for more than a half hour.
When they resumed open session, the board voted 7-0 to suspend JCHS principal Melissa Sharp with pay, pending further action.
Last month, students at the high school told 13 NEWS a student said an administrator told her she could not wear a hijab in school. A hijab is a religious head covering worn by some Muslim women in public.
