Former Oregon elementary school principal sentenced to 43 years in prison for sexually abusing students – By Zane Sparling (The Oregonian/OregonLive) / June 28, 2022
The former Damascus elementary school principal convicted of sexually abusing four students behind his closed office door is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Clackamas County Circuit Judge Katherine Weber sentenced Jeff Hays to 43 years and nine months in state prison Tuesday, matching the true life sentence recommended by a prosecutor.
Hays, the top administrator at Deep Creek Elementary School from 2005 to 2009, marked his 68th birthday on June 6, the day he was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and six counts of unlawful sexual penetration at the end of a five-week trial.
