A Walker County teacher continues in his classroom after being suspended from Hamilton County Schools last year, following a report of an inappropriate relationship with a student.

An open records request by Local 3 News reveals that Walker County Schools became aware of the suspension in August of this year. Nathan Dawson currently works as a science teacher at Ridgeland High School.

Walker County Schools hired Dawson in August 2024, despite being aware of a 2017 written reprimand he received for alleged "inappropriate comments" to a student while working in Whitfield County Schools.

Dawson was suspended for three days from Central High in February 2024. A letter from Superintendent Justin Robertson at the time alleges he "misrepresented facts pertaining to an HR investigation," relate

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