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L&N STEM Academy principal Ashe to return Monday after investigation

According to Knox County Schools, the law enforcement and school investigation involving L&N STEM Academy principal Becky Ashe and Assistant principal Tim Childers is finished.

An investigation involving two L&N STEM administrators has been completed.

According to Knox County Schools, the law enforcement and school investigation involving L&N STEM Academy principal Becky Ashe and Assistant principal Tim Childers is finished.

"Ashe will return to work on Monday. Childers remains on paid leave pending an upcoming review," according to Knox County Schools Director of Public Affairs Carly Harrington.

Ashe was placed on administrative leave with pay in mid-December pending an investigation, according to an email from Knox County Schools. A school district spokesperson said they could not comment about the nature of the investigation.

Mr. Childers will now be working at Fulton as an assistant principal, according to an email from a Knox County Schools spokesperson.

A 2016 letter in principal Becky Ashe's personnel file from then Interim Superintendent of Knox County Schools Buzz Thomas called Ashe's actions "both serious and inappropriate for a principal."

MORE: Reprimand in personnel file for L&N STEM Academy principal

Ashe was the founding principal of the school that focuses on teaching science technology engineering and math. The school opened in 2011.

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