Tonganoxie, KANSAS

Feb 7, 2007 - The Kansas Board of Education has revoked the license of Tonganoxie Elementary School principal Jerry Daskoski.

Daskoski resigned in December citing the need to spend more time with his wife and family. However, Daskoski's license was revoked Jan 9 in light of felony theft charges filed against him in Nov 2005 in Wichita. The revocation included Daskoski's license to teach elementary school and work in school administration throughout Kansas.

Daskoski was arrested and placed on $2,500 bond, after which he entered into a diversion agreement. (In Kansas, when a person complies with the diversion agreement and completes the terms of it, the criminal charges are dismissed and the person is not convicted of a crime.) He was fired one day before completing the diversion agreement.

He said he has been under the care of a mental health professional for obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, panic attacks and depression. During that time he took prescribed medications for his conditions.