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Because “mother’s freakout” for no reason….

So, we have 3.5 million elementary and high school teachers employed in the us presently, not including teachers' aides. Statistically, that's about .01% of that total. Of course, people are innocent until proved guilty, so getting charged doesn't mean the charge has been proved. Other than the rainbow crowd, I don't really worry about the teaching profession, and I am quite suspicious of abuse claims against female teachers and their male students.

Contrary to the hysteria that you are pushing, there's no need for a witch hunt. Find the truly guilty and punish them severely, but leave the rest alone to do go in their local communities. The group that I am most concerned about molesting minors is the cops. I remember a local police chief who was having sex with a minor in his office years ago, but the local DA refused to prosecute him. I knew a person who was sexually abused by one cop as a minor, then impregnated by another cop at 16. Nothing ever happened to either of them. Cops also lie to cover up for each other. It's called the Code of Silence. Teachers will rat on each other at the drop of a hat. I don't worry about the teachers.

I also want the teachers to form bonds with their students without crazy parents harassing them. Who is more likely to molest a minor, a teacher who has undergone a thorough background check and has a license, or the trash that some poor parent dredged up at the local bar and brought home? When one of these creeps starts grooming a minor, I want that kid to have a teacher that he/she feels comfortable talking about such thing to report the matter to the appropriate authorities. You don't.