Riverbend High School Principal Xavier Downs is on leave according to Spotsylvania County Schools following an incident during a meeting with swim team parents at RHS on Wednesday night.
Fredericksburg Advance contacted the Spotsylvania County Schools’ Communications Department seeking more information. According to an email response from the school system, we learned that during the meeting, “[d]iscussion of matters relating to coaching of the RHS swim team reportedly grew heated at times.”
The email went on to say that Downs is “currently on leave” while “various accounts of the meeting are being investigated.”
by Martin Davis, FXBG Advance Editor-in-Chief
