In what may be one of the most tone-deaf decisions ever made by a local school board in recent memory, Steubenville High School head football coach Reno Saccoccia had his administrative contract extended.
Buried in one line of an Ohio Valley Herald Star reporton local business is the news that Steubenville High School football coach Reno Saccocia was approved for a two-year administrative contract by the Steubenville school board over the weekend.
Lest you think this is snark, here's the actual listing:
Two-year administrative contracts for Charles Kokiko, administrator; Bryan Mills, assistant middle school principal; Reno Saccoccia, director of administrative services; Joseph Yanok, middle school principal; Melinda Young, director of programs; and Sara Elliot, school psychologist.
I'm shaking with anger so much I can hardly type. Here's a guy who suggested that one of Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond's victims was lying about what happened to her. According to witness testimony and text messages, he almost certainly knew about the rape and didn't report it--and yet, he still has a job?
Saccoccia is currently being investigated by a grand jury for his alleged role in covering up the rapes. But even if he is innocent, any person who suggests that a rape victim is lying is morally unfit to work in our schools. Period.