Providence School Official Charged with Assault Resigns

Providence School Official Charged with Assault Resigns

A Providence Schools administrator who had been placed on paid leave following a recent arrest on an assault charge -- has now resigned.

Olayinka Alege, the Superintendent of Secondary Schools in Providence, was charged with simple assault and/or battery by Warwick Police. 

According to the report filed the alleged incident took place between Alege and a young man and it involved strange behavior involving the young man's foot -- not dissimilar to behavior he demonstrated at his previous job in Florida.

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GoLocal learned that he submitted his resignation on Wednesday. 

As GoLocal reported in August 2020, “Providence Schools’ Latest Hires Have Checkered Pasts - Including Sexual Harassment Lawsuit” — which included Alege:

RIDE touted the hiring of Alege, the new “secondary network superintendent to oversee all middle and high schools” in Providence. 

“He comes to Providence from Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, where for the last 15 years he has served in progressively responsible positions, most recently as interim deputy director of leadership development. As a leader of some of Hillsborough’s highest need schools, Dr. Alege oversaw a significant increase in high school student attendance and marked decrease in suspensions."

Providence hired him despite the disturbing reports out of Florida. He was known for “toe-popping.” 

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported:

"It wasn't unusual for Tampa's King High School students to be called to assistant principal Olayinka Alege's office when their grades slipped.

But when some boys with lagging scores left his office this spring, they reported a punishment that can only be described as unusual.

Alege squeezed their toes.

Five boys told deputies that King High assistant principal Olayinka Alege asked them on numerous occasions to take off a shoe and sock behind closed doors, and allow him to 'pop'  their toes. They said it didn't hurt, but they didn't like it, either."

About Latest Incident 

Alege was arrested on Monday, May 10.

The offense allegedly took place in Warwick on April 20.