Brockton High School’s choir director, Matthew Cunningham, was arrested on 19 Aug. and charged with trafficking a person for sexual servitude and sexual conduct for a fee. Prosecutors told Brockton District Court that the 35-year-old arranged on a dating app to pay a 17-year-old male student for sex, then drove the teenager to his home, where the alleged encounter occurred on 27 Apr. Cunningham, who is listed as president-elect of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, was placed on administrative leave following his arrest. The school district said its priority is “the safety and well-being of our students” and that it is cooperating with law-enforcement authorities. The case has intensified pressure from child-protection advocates for Massachusetts to mandate comprehensive abuse-prevention training for school employees and to adopt clearer codes of conduct that spell out boundary-violating behavior. Supporters of the proposed legislation say stronger screening, reporting requirements and annual public data on educator misconduct are needed to close gaps that allow predators to exploit students.