RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN. (THECOUNT) — Travis Holland has been identified as the Eagleville High School teacher suspended without pay after a video surfaced showing him allegedly inappropriately touching a female student.
A concerned Eagleville parent sent the video to local media outlets claiming multiple people complained about the Holland’s touching of students.
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The Rutherford County School District claims they called law enforcement and DCS after seeing the video. Both of those agencies are not pursuing any further investigation.
It was later learned the teacher was “consoling” the student seen in the video following a “death in the family.”
Holland worked as a history teacher as well as a school baseball coach.
Holland was unavailable for comment.
The school system issued the following statement:
“We were notified yesterday of the video and did an initial review, but then deferred to law enforcement and DCS for their review. We have now heard back from both agencies and they are not pursuing any further investigation. However, the school district has suspended the employee without pay pending the outcome of a district investigation,” source.
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Geo quick facts: Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 262,604, growing to an estimated 317,157 in 2017, making it the fifth-most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Murfreesboro, which is also the geographic center of Tennessee – Wikipedia.