Phillip Hill, Jr. is charged with six felony sex offenses against two girls at the school.
Hill, who was a library assistant and a coach, resigned from the school system in March.
The incident has prompted the Wayne County School System to require background checks for all new employees, which is currently not a state mandate.
"You don't want everybody in a school with young people. We want to make sure we get the highest quality people we can in our school so we're taking a proactive approach to this," says Stan Alleyne, spokesman for Wayne County Schools.
Alleyne says that a background check would have alerted the school system about Hill's past criminal record. According to court records, he served probation for taking indecent liberties with a child in 1992.
Earlier this month, Ron Baxter, a former band director for Goldsboro H.S., was sentenced to two years in prison for having sex with students.
• Credits
Copyright 2023 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
