Pleasant Valley School District has released a statement about charges brought against its director of support services.

Last week, the Monroe County District Attorney’s office brought wiretapping charges against Pleasant Valley School District Director of Support Services Joshua Krebs.

Krebs was charged with four counts of intercept communications and other related offenses, all of which are felonies.

The district said it has been advised to withhold comments.

“The board of directors of the Pleasant Valley School District is aware of the criminal proceedings against one of our administrators. The district has already taken action based on information known to the district,” according to the statement released by Len Peeters, board president.

“In addition, if new information is discovered, the district will conduct further investigation and will evaluate what further action, if any, will be taken,” the statement continued.

“Because this is a personnel matter and a criminal matter, the school district does not want to do anything that will interfere with the rights of our employees or the criminal process. Therefore, we have been advised by our attorneys that we should not comment further. Instead, we can state that the district will cooperate with law enforcement and will take action with regard to personnel matters as may be appropriate based on the facts.”

In November, the Monroe County District Attorney’s office released a statement with recommendations from a grand jury that the charges be brought relating to an incident in April 2016 where Krebs and district technology coordinator Alex Sterenchock installed video cameras in a teachers’ break room at Pleasant Valley Elementary School to try to catch a school custodian who they suspected was taking long breaks while on duty.

What is known is that Krebs has said that the camera filmed throughout that school day, even though the custodian worked a night shift.

He also told teacher representative John Gesiskie that the camera was set up to download onto his computer and stream on his smartphone.

Two days after the camera was discovered, 35 faculty members were called to a meeting where Krebs said he installed the camera along with Sterenchock.

He said that most of the recording was deleted, however he would not guarantee that there would not be further surveillance in the future.

It is not known if charges will be brought against Sterenchock at this time.

The district was under the supervision of district Superintendent Carole Geary at the time of the incident. Geary retired last year and David Piperato was hired to replace her at the beginning of the current school year.

Krebs reports directly to the superintendent.