trial and not guilty verdict, shawn lanigan faced new accusations. according to an investigation done internally by fairfax county public schools. lanigan of making lewd comments to students, holding hands with girls, and running his finger along the upper thigh of a 15-year-old sophomore. lanigan said, i have 18 years of experience teaching and i have never inappropriately touched a student. he decided to move on with his life and surrender his license. the prosecutor said he was informed about the new allegations, but the parents of the new students involved didn't want to file charges. >> we know there were some incidents over there. i don't know if we had all the specifics, but i know the police were in touch with some of the families. >> more tonight as part of our investigation at 6:00. you'll hear from former lanigan students who describe their time as his students. for now, scott center career academy in columbia heights enrolls students between 16 and 40 years of age. right now about 150 students attend the school. the school could be closed

you'll hear from former lanigan students who describe their time as his students.ott mcfarlane. >>> 5:50. the way some montgomery county teachers relieve their stress has pe far on school property. >> erika gonzalez is in the newsroom to explain. this is a big story on our social media pages this morning. >> oh, yes, you can say that again. this has a lot of people talking. now the principal at kensington parkway says she is sorry, she was just trying to give staff an outlet. here's what happened. barbara leese allowed teachers to take a basketball bat to a rocking chair. this happened in a loading dock area behind the school and away from students. she said she was inspired about reading articles about how so-called smash rooms helped people reduce stress. she said it was, quote, not in response to any teacher comment or behavior. a lot of you are talking about this on social media this morning. these are a few of the comments we have seen thus far. you can continue that conversation by heading to eun's facebook page and you can chime in th gonzalez. back over to

they found lanigan recently faced more accusations. this internal investigation reveals what he summer. he was seen or heard making lewd comments to students. holding hands with girls, calling one his girlfriend and running his finger up the inner thigh of a 15-year-old sophomore. in part of a statement to news4, lanigan said, i have 18 years of experience teaching and i've never inappropriately touched a student. however, after the trial, when i returned to teaching, tension remained between the school system and me, and after five years, although i still enjoyed teaching, i decided to move on with my life and surrendered my teaching license. he formally canceled his license a few weeks ago. >> does it surprise you his teaching license was just canceled. >> it surprises me that it took so long. >> reporter: this student filed a complaint in the 1990s, accusing him of making lewd comments in the 1990s. including a reference to her birthday suit. she called it inappropriate and sexual. lanigan addressed the there's no easy way to determ

it accused lanigan. in part of a statement to us he said, quote, i have 18 years of experience teaching and i have never inappropriately touched a student. he said, tension remained between the school system intent with the trial and he decided to move on with his life and surrender his license. the parents of the students didn't want to file charges. >> we knew there were some incidents over there. don't know if we had all the specifics, but i know the police were in touch with some of the families. >> reporter: more of what the county prosecutor has to say tonight as part of our full i-team investigation. you'll hare from former students who describe their time with him. for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> 5:00 on the dot. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. it's thursday morning. we want to start things off with a look at your weather and traffic. >> melissa standing by with how the commute shapes up. we'll begin with chuck and sheena.

in this report, school investigators looked into reports that lanigan had run his finger up the innergh of a 15-year-old sophomore. that he was seen holding hands with girls, talking to one about a vibrator, calling another his girlfriend. tripping a student, using inappropriate language and talking to boys about a girl's body parts. the school district memo said he denied the accusations, but said fellow students or teachers corroborated them. it also said he admitted allowing students to access confidential files in his computer. in july 2016, he quit. a few weeks ago he completed the process of cancelling his teaching license with the state, acknowledging he did so in response to a petition to revoke it based on the findings of the investigation. he did not admit to the findings. >> does it surprise you that his license was canceled? >> it surprises me that it took so long. >> reporter: this student complained about him in the 1990s when he was her gym teachers. >> what kind of touching was it? >> mostly my shoulders and my arms. >> what did he say to you on your birthday? >> that