Agreement announced in wake of charges against Sharpstown HS principal

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An agreement was reached following charges last year against an HISD principal and two school administrators.

In November, Sharpstown High School principal Robert Gasparello, as well as administrators Silvio Leiva and Jason Thomson were all charged with failure to report child abuse. On Monday morning, Harris County DA announced an agreement reached on the charges.

Gasparello has agreed to a one-year pretrial diversion program for two of the three counts. The third was dismissed, according to Anderson.

Leiva was charged with one count of failure to report child abuse. He has also agreed to a one-year pretrial diversion program. And criminal charges against former Assistant Principal Jason Thomson have been dismissed.

This agreement comes as HISD promises to change their policy regarding reporting child abuse.

"HISD Superintendent Terry Grier has promised he will make reporting alleged child abuse a top priority," said Anderson. "The school district says it will change its policy to conform to what the law requires. Protecting children and following the law is our priority."