WHEELING – An Ohio County Schools administrator has resigned following an alleged altercation with a student.

While the school district did not confirm the name of the administrator who had resigned, the district’s website has posted the principal’s job at Wheeling Middle School, which had been held by Rich McCardle.

A statement from the school district central office states leadership “recently became aware of an allegation of inappropriate physical contact between a school administrator and a student.”

“OCS immediately reported the incident to the West Virginia Department of Human Services and to law enforcement, as is required by West Virginia law,” the statement reads. “Both agencies are conducting their own independent investigations with OCS fully cooperating. The student’s family was immediately notified followed by a meeting with OCS leadership to provide known information.”

The administrator was immediately removed from the assignment as required by West Virginia law, and the employee has tendered a resignation to OCS, the statement continued.

Ohio County School is completing its own investigation and will submit a final report to the West Virginia Department of Education, according to the statement.