Former Ardmore City School Principal Chris Dvorak isaccusingformeremployees of allowing abuse. On July 10, Dvorak posted on YouTube about the alleged abuse.
In a 24-minute video, the Ardmore native outlined what he allegedly experienced as an administrator for Ardmore schools. Recently, he posted online with even more allegations.
Dvorak was hired as the principal of Charles Evans Elementary School in February 2024. He said that superintendent Andy Davis told him that he was being assigned to a school with significant unprofessionalism, dysfunction and fighting. However,Dvorakallegesthat when he tried to fix it, things got “incredibly worse.”
Supposedly, it all started when Dvorak’s staff allegedly pushed back after he addressed things like tardiness and being unprofessional. He stated that Davis intervened and allowed the teachers to undermine Dvorak’s authority.
Dvorak alleged that the most alarming incident occurred in August when a teacher supposedly hit a special needs student in the mouth. He said that when he went to Davis to report the incident, Davis did nothing about it.
According to Dvorak, the same teacher committed two more instinces of abuse. He said that just like the first time, Davis and the city’s school director looked the other way again.
Tiana Nelson, the mother of an alleged victim, said she isn’tcomfortablewithputting her son back in the school.
“It’s really scary to put him back into school,” Tiana Nelson, mother of an alleged victim, said.
The abuse incident isn’t the only one to happen at the school. Last year, two Ardmore elementary teachers were fired after they were criminally charged with child abuse.
Susan Hartman, one of the accused teachers, is facing charges for allegedly abusing a developmentally disabled seven-year-old boy at Charles Evans.
Autumn Simon, Dvorak’s assistant principal was allegedly given the ultimatum to “quit or be fired”. She said it’s because of her loyalty to Dvorak.
“It was hard because people I trusted ended up not being who I thought they were,” Simon said.
Shesaidit’sheartbreaking because she gave that district 16 years.
ArdmoreCitySchoolssent KXII a statement about the situation.
“Ardmore City Schools takes seriously every claim of mistreatment or abuse of students under our care. Allegations of this nature, including those received indirectly throughsocialmediaor community engagement, are investigated to their fullest extent. State and federal law, as well as student privacy concerns, prevent the school district and its employees, current and former, from commenting on employment action or referrals to law enforcement made as a result of any investigation. The school district’s top priority remains the education of our students inanenvironmentthatissafe and welcoming for all. ”