A classroom assistant and coach at Capitol Hill Magnet School is on administrative leave and under investigation by St. Paul Public Schools.
Jonathan G. Ball, 33, has worked for the district in various coaching roles since November 2009 and as a full-time teaching assistant since January 2016, the school district said in response to a Pioneer Press records request. He also works for the district’s summer school programs.
Ball coaches flag football and boys and girls basketball for middle school students at the grades 1-8 school, according to the school website.
“There was a complaint against him and the District is currently looking into the matter,” spokeswoman Toya Stewart Downey said in response to a records request.
Stewart Downey would not say whether Ball is the unnamed employee who, according to a letter sent Monday to parents from Principal Patrick Bryan, is suspected of “inappropriate communications and actions” with a student.
However, Ball was placed on leave April 25, she said. That’s the same day Bryan said the school learned of the alleged misconduct.
St. Paul police said Tuesday that they received a report from Capitol Hill on April 26 and are investigating an employee for possible criminal sexual conduct.
A phone number for Ball could not be found.