Huntington Beach principal dies in apparent suicide at Disneyland

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The principal of a Huntington Seaside elementary college has died after leaping from a parking construction at Disneyland, in accordance with officers.

Christopher Christensen, 51, died Saturday. In line with Anaheim Police, a name got here in simply earlier than 9 p.m. to a parking construction at Disneyland. When officers arrived, they discovered a person lifeless. Sunday, the Orange County Coroner confirmed that man was Christensen. In line with officers, Christensen’s loss of life was a suicide.

Christensen was the principal at William T. Newland Elementary Faculty in Huntington Seaside, starting this college yr. He served a complete of twenty-two years working as a part of the Fountain Valley Faculty District, together with because the principal of Roch Courreges Elementary, Fulton Center Faculty and the since-closed Moiola Ok-8 Faculty.

“Mr. Christensen has been a revered chief in FVSD for over 20 years,” Fountain Valley Superintendent Katherine Stopp mentioned in an electronic mail to the college neighborhood. “His contributions to this neighborhood are immeasurable. He was a father, husband, brother, and buddy to so many. His passing leaves us devastated and heartbroken.”

In a publish on his Fb web page, Christensen wrote that he had been placed on administrative depart from his place after a latest argument along with his spouse “landed me in jail that evening.”

Christensen was going through fees of kid endangerment and battery, to which he pleaded responsible. He was due in court docket on Monday. 

“…Please keep in mind me for all the great I dropped at the world of schooling,” he wrote.

Christensen is survived by his spouse, three youngsters and two step youngsters.

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