Madeline Buckley

madeline.buckley@indystar.com

A Park Tudor employee was fired after he admitted to having a sexual relationship with a student more than 20 years ago, the interim head of the school announced Wednesday in a letter to the school community.

Tom Page, a longtime football coach at the school, was first placed on administrative leave when the school learned of the situation, according to the letter addressed to the "Park Tudor Community" from interim Head of School Peter Kraft.

The letter also says the school reported the incident to the Department of Child Services. It was not immediately clear when the school learned of the incident or when DCS was notified.

IndyStar has reached out to a Park Tudor spokeswoman with questions about the incident.

"I write to let you know that Mr. Tom Page has been terminated by Park Tudor School," the letter reads. "The termination stems from Mr. Page's recent admission of a sexual relationship with a student more than 20 years ago."

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Maj. Richard Riddle said police are aware of the allegations but think they fall outside the statute of limitations, which dictate how long after an incident prosecutors can bring criminal charges.

"If anyone has any further information, we will certainly follow up on any allegation brought forward," Riddle said in an email to IndyStar.

It wasn't immediately clear what position Page most recently held, but a LinkedIn profile for a Tom Page in Indianapolis lists him as a math teacher at the school.

The termination comes just a month after Kyle Cox, the school's former basketball coach, was sentenced to 14 years in a federal prison for exchanging explicit text messages with a 15-year-old student. The case placed the prestigious private school in a firestorm of criticism after federal court documents suggested that administrators may have tried to hinder the police investigation.

At 24, Page restarted Park Tudor's football program in 1987. The program had ended the year before because of a lack of players.

Page collected a 108-96 record with four conference titles and two sectionals over his 21 years as coach. He also was twice named as coach of the year in the Mid-Indiana Football Conference. He retired from coaching football in 2008.

No further information was immediately available.

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IndyStar assistant sports editor Nat Newell contributed to this story.

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