http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/01/Tampabay/Church_demands_princi.shtmlThe landlord for Community Christian School wants Dick Baker to resign or be fired today after reports that brought the church unwanted publicity.
By KELLEY BENHAM, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published August 1, 2003
LARGO - A small Christian school has been told to fire its principal by noon today or risk losing its home.
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But the church board voted late Wednesday to accept nothing short of Baker's resignation or firing.
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Baker told police he took trips to Disney about every other week. Sometimes he was the only chaperone. Girls told police they sometimes shared a room with him, but not a bed. He slept in Disney pajamas, one girl said.
He provided Disney swimsuits and dresses and took pictures. He held swimsuit-changing contests, where girls would change suits in the bathroom between laps in the pool. One girl changed suits 60 times, she told police.
Baker held sleepovers at his house. Girls told police he gave hugs and piggy back rides, and tickled and massaged them, but never in a bad way.
"No middle school girl should ever see her school principal in pajamas," Verona said in the letter to the school. "Middle school females should not be tickled, massaged or rubbed in any way, particularly by middle aged adults with authority over them."
(duh)
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