After six months, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District issued its finding: The coach had been officially exonerated, cleared of all the allegations. No gray area. It had been a hoax, the district said.
An illustration of a coach who pulled off to the side of the freeway to Google his name on his phone. The man found many instances of the false accusation against himself online.The coach was driving home when the calls and texts started coming, at first a trickle and then a monsoon.
Scrolling through the story a friend had sent him, on the side of the highway that December afternoonHe didn’t even teach the class where a teacher with his nameHis wife believed him from the moment he told her, and his son was too young to understand what was happening. But others did not reserve judgment.
His wife had stood by him. His mother had passed away before the fiasco began. He was thankful she didn't have to live through it. In an era of teaching shortages, the 20-year veteran coach and teacher hasn’t received a call about any of his applications for district openings. He’s thought about visiting each district where he has applied in-person to tell them about the result of the investigation, in case they’ve been Googling him.
After months of uncertainty, the coach voluntarily resigned from the district. He didn’t want his shadow hanging over the students he’d come to care about during his four years at the campus. And once the air cleared, he didn’t relish the prospect of returning to the place where he’d been accused.
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