{"id":307484,"date":"2026-10-15T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/307484\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:26:09","slug":"jefferson-elementary-principal-placed-on-administrative-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/307484\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferson Elementary principal placed on administrative leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jefferson Elementary School principal Daria Custer has been placed on paid administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a reminder, paid administrative leave is a standard district practice during active reviews and does not imply guilt or predetermine any disciplinary outcomes,\u201d a message sent to Allentown School District staff and families Wednesday afternoon said.<\/p>\n<p>Although the message acknowledges that families and staff may have questions during Custer\u2019s absence, it states the district cannot provide further details on a confidential personnel matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease know that throughout this time, we will continue to prioritize a stable, supportive, and welcoming learning environment for Jefferson Elementary School students, staff, and families,\u201d the message added.<\/p>\n<p>Custer was named the 2024-25 Allentown School District Administrator of the Year. Assistant Principal Ashley Koren is filling her role in the interim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jefferson Elementary School principal Daria Custer has been placed on paid administrative leave. \u201cAs a reminder, paid administrative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,227,433,182,139,28,432],"class_list":["post-307484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-education","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}