The report indicates that Bonnie Cerace, current principal at The Galloway School in Friendswood, Texas, attracted the attention of the Irving Police Department by allegedly “pointing [a] gun at [complaintant G.A. Fritz], threatening to kill him.”
TGS Watch believes this matter is the same incident TGS Watch reported earlier where Irving Police referred an Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge against Ms. Cerace to the Dallas County Grand Jury. Both the Irving Police Department document and the related Dallas County Court document contain the same serial/case number 11545. Even after examining both official documents, the final disposition of the case is unclear.
A supporter of The Galloway School claims to have knowledge about this matter, but some of it contradicts official police records. The TGS supporter specifically denied that the incident involving Ms. Cerace involved the use of a gun despite the Irving Police Department report. Secondly, the TGS supporter suggested that at least one child was present when Ms. Cerace committed the acts leading to the Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon grand jury referral. TGS Watch has no evidence contradicting the claim that one or more children were present at the Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon scene.
Parents need to evaluate whether The Galloway School is an appropriate place to send their children when the principal has been accused with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, particularly when children may have been present during the incident. TGS Watch takes the physical safety of young school children very seriously and would not enroll Jr. TGS Watch or Younger Brother TGS Watch in a school where people in leadership positions have these kinds of allegations in their past. Recall, too, that Ms. Cerace has reported on-going threats, including an incident at The Galloway School described by the Friendswood Police Department as a Terroristic Threat in 2011. A reasonable person may conclude that The Galloway School does not adequately protect the physical safety of its students.
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