Principal of Atwater school steps down after viral video

ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A main of an Atwater precocious schoolhouse has resigned aft being placed connected administrative permission pursuing a video that was posted connected societal media, the Merced Union High School District announced.

On Wednesday afternoon, the territory says they person accepted the resignation of Robert Nunes from the presumption of main astatine the Buhach Colony High School. They accidental Nunes has accepted the presumption of subordinate main alternatively and it volition beryllium effectual connected Thursday.

This determination comes arsenic portion of our committedness to maintaining a harmless and respectful situation for each students and staff. Corrective enactment has been taken with each unit involved. Thank you for your knowing during this transition.

This comes aft Nunes was placed connected permission pursuing an incidental backmost successful August successful which helium was seen successful a 40-second video.

In the video, the erstwhile main tin beryllium seen successful the halfway of the schoolhouse gymnasium connected an bureau seat pushing himself backward portion the school's mascot is approaching him. He past fired golden confetti astatine the mascot, stood up and faced disconnected with the mascot.

The mascot sits down connected the seat portion Nunes approaches him - earlier placing his hands connected the mascot's thorax and sliding them down the mascot's chest.

During his leave, Torrin Johnson served arsenic interim principal, which the territory says volition proceed until they unfastened the main presumption successful the outpouring of 2025 to unafraid a imperishable principal.