A reluctance to investigate and reprimand: ‘The spin on semantics continues as married educator refuses to acknowledge that she had sex on campus, merely submitting that she‘She acknowledges the serious nature of her lapse of judgment, which has no detrimental impact on the school’

Educator Amanda O’Nan would not admit to having sex on campus, but admitted to the local School Board she put herself in a ‘sensitive position by meeting an individual for reasons unrelated to school business on school grounds after hours’ 

In April 2016, O’Nan’s then-husband, Chris O’Nan, filed a complaint with Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office that Holmes was having an extra-marital affair with his wife on school grounds, while he was on duty

Then married high school principal O’Nan is allowed to keep her job after sheriff’s deputy DeJuan Holmes, admitted he had sex with her on the campus while on duty

Amanda O’Nan the principal of Hilton Head Island High School in Beaufort County, South Carolina since 2006 faced a probe in January, by the Beaufort County School District and the South Carolina Department of Education

Probe centered on allegations that O’Nan had sex with Holmes on the grounds of the school in 2016

The former deputy told authorities that he and O’Nan carried on an extramarital affair ‘on school grounds after hours’

Highly regarded high school principal Amanda O’Nan [photo], is suspended after she was outed for having sex with an on-duty sheriff’s deputy on campus grounds. She will be allowed to keep her job after she was reprimanded by administrators on Tuesday

A high school principal in South Carolina who allegedly had sex with an on-duty sheriff’s deputy on campus grounds will be allowed to keep her job, it has been reported.
Amanda O’Nan, the principal of Hilton Head Island High School on Hilton Head Island, was reprimanded by administrators on Tuesday.

Since January, O’Nan has been under investigation by Beaufort County School District and the South Carolina Department of Education.
She has consistently denied having sex with DeJuan Holmes, a former sheriff’s deputy, on school grounds, contrary to reports filed by her estranged husband against her alleged lover with the police department.
O’Nan however, did acknowledge that she had put ‘herself in a sensitive position by meeting an individual for reasons unrelated to school business on school grounds after hours’.

DeJuan Holmes [photo], a former sheriff’s deputy, admitted that he and Amanda O’Nan, the principal of Hilton Head Island High School had sex on school grounds while he was on duty. He chose resignation over facing an internal investigation

The investigation was prompted by an admission from former Beaufort County Sheriff’s Deputy Staff Sgt. Holmes, who told authorities that he and O’Nan were having an extramarital affair while he was on duty, according to The State.
Authorities learned of the affair in April 2016, when O’Nan’s then-husband, Chris O’Nan, filed a complaint with the sheriff’s office against Holmes, who was a deputy at the time. Chris O’Nan alleged that the affair took place on school grounds.
While Amanda O’Nan, has denied the accusation, Holmes decided to resign in lieu of submitting to an internal affairs investigation.

Since hired to run Hilton Head Island High School [photo], in 2006, Amanda O’Nan has been praised for improving the academic performance of her students.

Now divorced, the formerly married principal gets a pass after allegedly ‘acknowledg[ing that] the serious nature of her lapse of judgment but contends there was no detrimental impact on the school,’ according to South Carolina’s board of education

Around the same time, the school district conducted its own investigation and ‘found no evidence’ of wrongdoing by the principal.
Since hired to run the school in 2006, Amanda O’Nan has been praised for improving the academic performance of her students.

Last June, Holmes attempted to regain his job by submitting to an inquiry by the internal affairs department at the sheriff’s office.
Holmes told investigators that he and O’Nan had sex inside the high school while he was on duty.
The former deputy’s admission led to the re-opened investigation against O’Nan, and a public reprimand, which is the lowest level of discipline meted out by the state.
‘She acknowledges the serious nature of her lapse of judgment but contends there was no detrimental impact on the school,’ South Carolina’s board of education said.