Columbia High School Principal Frank Sanchez reinstated at Board of Education meeting in Maplewood, NJ [Video]

MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey (WABC) — The principal of a high school in New Jersey, who was accused of child endangerment stemming from an incident in 2023, was reinstated at a school board meeting Thursday night.

Just in case the banners stretched across the walls weren’t clear, and the red t-shirts in support of Columbia High School’s principal weren’t convincing enough, the eruption of joy is proof that Maplewood, New Jersey is in Principal Frank Sanchez’s corner.

Principal Sanchez was reinstated at a Board of Education meeting on Thursday night. Six were in favor, one voted no and two abstained, passing the motion.

It was a racially charged case that divided the school district.

Toni Yates has more on school reaction to the principal’s charges.

Last March, in the lobby of the high school, Sanchez put himself between two female students in order to break …