In a letter, Camden School Board President Wasim Muhammed announced he will be stepping down from his position.
Wasim Muhammad, formerly known as Donnie Walker, was accused of sexually assaulting a middle school student when he was a teacher 30 years ago Camden School Board President Wasim Muhammed has stepped down from his position after receiving backlash amid a sexual assault settlement."It is with a heavy heart that I write to say that I will be stepping down from the Camden School District as the President of the School Advisory Board.
"In order to allow our community to heal and refocus on what truly matters—the education and future of our students— it would be in the best interest of the state-operated district of Camden City for Advisory Board President Wasim Muhammad to voluntarily relinquish his seat," McCombs had written in a letter.
In June, a jury in a civil case found that he “recklessly and intentionally committed extreme and outrageous conduct” though they did not believe he sexually abused the student. The Camden City School District reached a $2 million settlement with the former student. Robinson moved away to the South decades ago but watched the live stream of the school board meeting centered around her case involving Muhammad.
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