Teacher suspected of killing Arkansas hikers alarmed parents with 'odd' behavior

[Jilly_in_VA]

Two years before he was arrested in the killings of two Arkansas hikers, Andrew J. McGann was known to some parents at a Texas elementary school for his pattern of off-putting behavior around their kids.

Lindsay Camp Polyak, whose son would spend some days in McGann’s classroom at Donald Elementary School in the town of Flower Mound, said she and other parents grew concerned that he was not properly teaching their children and felt they were falling behind academically. She also noticed what she characterized as McGann’s “grooming” of girls in the classroom.

“My kid would come home and say, ‘Mr. McGann loves to play tag. He plays tag at recess every day with the girls,’” Polyak said, adding that her son told her McGann gave out candy and special prizes — but only to the girls.

In a group chat with other fourth grade parents, Polyak said she learned that McGann arranged “special lunches” where certain girls would remain in his classroom; some parents alleged McGann encouraged girls to sit on his lap.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teacher-suspected-killing-arkansas-hikers-alarmed-parents-odd-behavior-rcna222227

EWWWWWWW! The more I hear about this guy, the more I wonder how he ever got a second teaching job!