Black Hawk Elementary School Principal Christopher Richard Passed Away:
Christopher Richards has died. He passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in a fatal car accident.
Friends, families and colleagues of Richard are mourning his death. He died tragically following a vehicle crash.
In a post on Facebook, a spokesperson from the Burlington Community School District said that the principal of Black Hawk Elementary School, Christopher Richards, died on Thursday, December 12, in a car wreck.
“Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and colleagues at this time along with the many children whose lives he has touched,” read the post.
More than a principal, the district said Richards was an “exemplary husband, father, administrator, and friend.”
Richards was an employee there for eight years.