Misconduct like a Surry County mom said her daughter reported for three years beginning in the second grade.

Those allegations involved her then elementary school physical education teacher Joshua Lashbrook.

"He was bouncing my daughter on his knees and several girls," the mother told me.

Lashbrook was never charged in Surry during his six years working there.

He's now charged with a felony sex crime involving a minor in Prince George County where he later worked as a physical education teacher.

"Many schools feel they're safe if they're doing a criminal background check, you're not. The majority of the abuse happens from people who would never be identified as a pedophile," said retired VCU School of Education Professor Dr. Charol Shakeshaft, who dedicated her career researching this

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