A former supervisor at Country Day School in Charlotte is facing multiple criminal charges for secretly filming students.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced Friday night that Scott Michael Waybright, 58, has been charged with five counts of felony secret peeping and five charges of possessing a photographic image obtained in violation of the peeping statute.
On Nov. 29, CMPD stated investigators received a report that Waybright was suspected of committing crimes, and the investigation was sent to the department’s sexual assault section.
It’s unclear whether the victims were students.
Channel 9 acquired a letter from Country Day School, which was issued to parents on Friday informing them of the charges against Waybright.
Waybright was fired from the school on Monday, according to the CMPD.
“Dear Charlotte Country Day School families,
It is with great disappointment that I am reaching out to inform you of an upsetting development concerning an employee.
Scott Waybright, Assistant Head of School for Academics, was arrested today by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) and charged with “Possession of a photographic image obtained in violation of the peeping statute” and “Secretly Using a photographic image device to view another’s body or undergarments.” The school terminated Mr. Waybright’s employment on December 2 following an investigation, and he is barred from our campuses. The school is cooperating fully with law enforcement.
Mr. Waybright began working in the Middle School in 1995, and since 2003, his roles at the school have been in school administration, primarily focused on curriculum and faculty professional development and accreditation.
I understand that this news is difficult, especially on the heels of other allegations regarding an employee’s misconduct. We assure you that these two personnel matters are in no way related. As before, we have and will continue to take swift and decisive action needed to address employee misconduct. If you have any information you wish to share about any inappropriate conduct by Scott Waybright, contact CMPD at (704) 334-1600. Should you have any questions about our student safety policies and procedures, I am available to talk to you. However, please understand that I cannot comment on the ongoing criminal case.
I am incredibly grateful for the support and leadership of our Board of Trustees, the continued professionalism, expertise, and care demonstrated by our faculty and staff, and our parents’ trust and understanding.”
This is the second incident involving a Country Day School staffer in recent weeks. In mid-November, the school’s coach was detained for having an inappropriate relationship with a pupil.
