Doing a skim of odd stories today, I came across this one from Cedar Hill, TX. Before jumping to any conclusions, I don't think that this story has any particularly "Texan" or "southern" factors in it. It's something that I believe could happen at any school in any state in the US.
The short version is that a HS teacher has resigned after an incident of "inappropriate hugging" with an 18 yo student. Story here. The official investigation claims that nothing more ever happened between the two, and it was a one-time incident.
Personally, while I can see the potential for disaster in the general situation, the specifics of this case make it seem very much like a tempest in a teapot.
But what bothers me is the ultimate sentence in the story:Which burns me up, incredibly.Because the teacher's resignation was accepted, she can retain her certification and move to another school district.
Either what this teacher did was worth that resignation, and the official attention it's gotten - and if confirmed it should have an effect on her career options from this point. Or it's not worth that much attention. This half and half nonsense seems to me like a perfect set up to allow actual abusers to keep going through school district after school district after school district - without an attempt being made to prevent repeat offenses, just so long as it's not in MY back yard.