CLARENDON, Ark. – Clarendon School District Superintendent Lee Vent is speaking publicly for the first time following the arrest of an assistant football coach and teacher on multiple felony charges involving a minor.

State police say 27-year-old Caleb Hunter Gannon is charged with felony rape and engaging children in sexually explicit conduct for use in a visual or print medium. He is being held on a $3 million bond in the Prairie County Detention Center.

According to Vent, Gannon first joined the district in 2020 as a teaching intern before being hired as an assistant football coach.

He later helped with spring sports and served as the district’s Alternative Learning Environment (ALE) director.

“I received word in the night of July the 29th, one of my employees sent me a picture of a

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