Fired Colorado chief of schools found dead in Maryland amid child porn investigation
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (CITC) — A fired Colorado school district official was found dead Wednesday amid allegations he was involved in possessing "child sexual assault material," authorities told Crisis in the Classroom (CITC) on Thursday.
David Weiss was fired as chief of schools for Jeffco Public Schools last month. The Washington County Sheriff's Office in Maryland notified the Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff's Office on Wednesday it was conducting a death investigation into Weiss, the Colorado office said.
Jeffco Public Schools has 155 schools, 84 of which are elementary schools, according to the district's website. The district's student enrollment was 77,092 as of the 2022-23 academic year.
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