Across the nation, cases of public educators having questionable interactions with students are rising.

Deepika Singh and Jerome Jean-Gilles of Pittsford recall when their daughter was touched inappropriately by a school lunch monitor.

An 11-year-old girl in Pittsford was sitting with her friends enjoying lunch when an adult monitor stood by her and began to again grab and touch her hair at Barker Road Middle School.

The young girl told the lunch monitor to stop touching her, in the 2024 incident, but the person proceeded to touch her hair again, her parents said. This had happened before with this lunch monitor. Their daughter eventually yelled at the man to stop.

“Our daughter's friend said that he said, 'I don't like your attitude, pick up your stuff and go to another table,'” said

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