PALO ALTO, Calif. - Parents at Fletcher Middle School in Santa Clara County are demanding answers after the Palo Alto Unified School District reinstated a teacher accused of sex assault more than 20 years ago.

Peter Colombo, who has been a physical education teacher and coach for 27 years has denied the accusations, and the charges were dropped by the Santa Clara County District Attorney.

Parents at the school said there’s still fear and panic over the allegations because the school district failed to explain its decision-making process.

Teacher's ‘checkered past’ causes concern

"There’s a lot of questions and there hasn’t been a lot of answers," said Clark Barrett, a father who is leading the charge of parents demanding answers from the school district.

"I think there’s a lot of

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