A vice principal at a Florida middle school has been arrested after she allegedly ordered a 13-year-old student to rub her feet.
Dr. Keiva Lark, 53, a vice principal at Lake Marion Creek Middle School in Poinciana, was charged with multiple counts of lewd/lascivious conduct and lewd offense against a student by an authority figure, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim, a 13-year-old male student, was reportedly sent to Lark’s office after throwing a balled-up piece of paper across the classroom during a test.
While in her office, the vice principal allegedly told him to rub her feet since he didn’t have anything better to do with his hands, two witnesses and the middle schooler told the sheriff’s office.
“[The student] advised he obeyed and began rubbing her feet, and she told him he was not doing it right,” the sheriff’s office said. “Dr. Lark then demonstrated how she wanted her feet rubbed by rubbing his arms. While doing so, she stated ‘I am teaching you foreplay.'”
The victim told authorities that Lark had referred to him as “Sexy Chocolate” while passing him in the hallway.
Authorities also spoke to Mekia Scarvers, a behavioral interventionist who was present in the room at the time.
“Scarvers confirmed Dr. Lark placed her legs across [the student’s] lap with exposed bare feet and instructed [the student] to rub her feet,” authorities told People. “She also overheard Dr. Lark instruct [the student] to rub her feet as if he loved her.”
Police also spoke to another witness, a female student who was in the vice principal’s office at the time.
“[The female student] advised she witnessed [the student] massage Dr. Lark’s feet for approximately 30 minutes and if he wasn’t massaging them correctly, she would massage his biceps. [The female student] stated Lark said ‘it was foreplay and preparing him for when he gets a girlfriend,'” the sheriff’s office said.
“[The female student] also stated Dr. Lark said ‘she was fulfilling one of his fantasies because boys fantasize about their teachers.’ [The female student] advised she felt uncomfortable and disclosed this information to the other principal when asked later on.”
Polk County Sheriff Grady also released a statement, saying:
“Dr. Lark initially told detectives that this was only a joke, and that she was just trying to humble the victim. It’s completely inappropriate for a 53-year old woman to act and talk like this to a middle school boy. It’s even worse, given that this was an assistant principal and her student.”
During an interview with police, Vice Principal Lark conceded that she acted inappropriately as an assistant principal but denied saying anything inappropriate to the boy.
She was arrested on April 10 by the PCSO and is set to make her first court appearance sometime this week.
