Former Caldwell Academy dean charged in student indecent liberties case

Michael Roberts Bozmarov, 31, a former academic dean at Caldwell Academy in Greensboro, was arrested May 28 and booked into the Guilford County Jail after police tied him to a felony indecent liberties case involving a student. Greensboro police said a report filed April 9 set off a Family Victims Unit investigation, and the city said Bozmarov made his first court appearance May 29, when a judge set a secured bond at $30,000.

The charge is under North Carolina General Statutes 14-202.4(a), which covers felony indecent liberties with a student. Investigators say the conduct happened in June 2025, during a period when prosecutors believe Bozmarov had been the student’s teacher from August 2024 through May 2025. Under state law, the student definition in this offense extends to someone enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade or within six months of the alleged violation, and consent is not a defense.

That timing matters because it explains why the case can move forward even though the student had already graduated by the time the warrant was filed May 12, 2026. The case now heads into the normal criminal process, where evidence, witness testimony and future hearings will shape the next steps.

Caldwell Academy said it is no longer employing Bozmarov. The school said it took action after learning of concerns in early April, restricted his access to campus and began an internal review before separating from him shortly afterward. In its statement, the school said it is focused on student safety, dignity and well-being, is cooperating with law enforcement and is reviewing its practices to maintain a safe Christian environment.

The case has put a spotlight on the systems meant to protect students and families in Guilford County schools, especially when an employee holds a position of trust. North Carolina’s Protect Our Students Act became law on Oct. 2, 2023, and the Department of Public Instruction says it raised sexual misconduct with a student to a Class G felony and increased penalties for failure to report. DPI also said there were 124 educator sexual-misconduct cases involving students that led to license suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender between January 2016 and October 2022.

Caldwell Academy describes itself as a Preschool-12 Christian classical school founded in 1995 on a 59-acre campus in northwest Greensboro. Its website says the school has 576 students, including 270 in grammar school, 148 in dialectic school and 158 in rhetoric school, with a 15-to-1 student-teacher ratio. For families tied to that campus, the central question is whether reporting, supervision and background-check safeguards worked as they were supposed to, or whether warning signs were missed before the criminal case reached court.