At Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis last year, a male teaching aide reportedly touched the bottom of an 18-year-old female student as she waited in a school lunch line. He also showed her pictures of his private parts, she said.
The allegation became public after the aide, who resigned amid an investigation, was indicted.
In East Tennessee, a Lenoir City High School teacher's assistant was accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with two students - a 17-year-old and his 21-year-old sister, who has intellectual disabilities, Read more at our news partner's website, tennessean.com.
Hundreds of abuse cases in Tennessee schools
A USA Today Network-Tennessee analysis found the Department of Children’s Services investigated 647 allegations of child abuse or neglect involving students at 460 Tennessee schools between January 2016 and August 2017.These cases encompass possible abuse or neglect during school hours, at school events or off-site when school employees were involved.An analysis of the data found that DCS investigated:› 373 allegations of physical abuse› 130 allegations of sexual abuse or exploitation› 97 allegations of children lacking supervision› 33 allegations of psychological abuse