The lawsuit further alleges Whitaker used her position as a fourth grade teacher “to begin ‘grooming’ her young male students” and that the school district “represented to the public, plaintiffs and their families that Whitaker was a qualified teacher of young students and that she was worthy of their trust.”

Hooper and Madison were two of four male teens that told investigators they had sex with Whitaker when they were assigned as student aides during her “special” hour. Police reports and court documents concealed their identity as they were minors at the time of the investigation. They are the only two victims named in the current lawsuit.

Hooper states in the lawsuit he had been a former student of Whitaker’s in the fourth grade and had a job feeding her family’s animals outside of school. After becoming her student aide, they communicated through social media and began a sexual relationship that took place inside and outside of the classroom.

On Jan. 15, 2016, after a school employee walked in when Whitaker was sitting on Hooper’s lap, Hooper was then removed from her classroom without explanation or notification to his parents, according to the complaint. The following month, McAnany conducted an investigation into Whitaker’s actions for “unlawful and inappropriate sexual harassment, molestation and abuse of minor students.”