An administrator with the Waterloo Region District School Board is facing sex-related charges.
Reuben Lazar, 44, was arrested recently on allegations of sexual assault and sexual interference.
Waterloo Regional Police say the charges related to incidents alleged to have occurred between 2012 and 2014.
Sexual interference is a crime involving sexual touching of a person under the age of 16.
Lazar has been placed on administrative leave, according to a spokesperson for the school board.
“We really can’t provide any further details at this point, because it is an active police investigation,” superintendent Peter Rubenschuh said in an interview.
Lazar has worked at MacGregor Senior Public School in Waterloo and W.T. Townshend Public School in Kitchener. The school board’s website lists him as a vice-principal at Kitchener’s Forest Heights Collegiate Institute.
It is not clear if any of the allegations against him involve students or other school personnel.
Anyone with further information that could help investigators is asked to contact police at 519-653-7700 ext. 6359.
