I just find it odd that there are so many teachers being accused of such misconduct nowadays Never heard of such a thing in the 50s and 60s when I was in school. Of course, if there was, the citizens would have taken care of the teacher in their own way, and the police would have looked the other way.
In Western PA, there was one school district with three teachers accused of inappropriate behavior with students. A fourth was accused of having pointed out one of the alleged victims in class. I had to wonder, didn't the administrators screen these teachers or maybe do background checks? Of course, screenings and background checks aren't foolproof. I heard of a teacher who was caught in a motel room with a 14-year-old girl. A background check had been performed, but it revealed nothing because the teacher had assumed the identity of a deceased teacher, whose record was unblemished. The guy caught with the girl in a motel room had been a teacher in several districts, but was fired from all of them for similar misconduct.
This is a phenomenon that should be explored. These aren't isolated incidents anymore.