A soccer coach accused this week of inappropriately touching two elementary school-age girls in Plano was barred from substituting in the Garland school district after parents of fourth-graders made similar complaints there, school officials said.

Last spring, several Sachse parents told the school district, Sachse police and City Council members that Dennis Drummond touched their daughters in ways that made the children uncomfortable, Police Chief Richard Benedict said. But Mr. Drummond was never arrested and a grand jury did not indict him, officials said.

Mr. Drummond, 64, of Plano, was arrested Tuesday by Plano police on two charges of indecency with a child by contact. He declined to be interviewed at the Collin County Jail before he posted a $30,000 bond Thursday afternoon.

After meeting with parents and students about their complaints, Sachse police took four or five girls to be interviewed at the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, Chief Benedict said. Afterward, the agency decided to pursue two cases of indecency with a child.

Chief Benedict said his department contacted Plano police on Thursday to offer help in the current investigation, noting that they will open their records for Plano detectives.

"There were a lot of parents calling a lot of folks," said Ms. McMillan, a retired assistant chief deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department.

Parents from Sachse and Plano inundated Plano police with phone calls Thursday after allegations by two girls whom Mr. Drummond coached led to his arrest.

"We are aware of some of the allegations," said Plano police spokesman Carl Duke. "Right now our focus is on the investigation and whether there are any more children out there."

Two Sachse mothers said Thursday that Mr. Drummond inappropriately touched their daughters last spring while he was a substitute teacher for Sewell Elementary in the Garland district.

Another mother said the teacher known by students as "Mr. D" touched her daughter low on her abdomen in computer class last March when she was in the fourth grade.

She said she asked her daughter about Mr. Drummond on April 1, 2005, after she heard about allegations from other parents. She asked the secretary at the school to get her daughter out of class. They talked in the girls bathroom at the elementary school. She said her daughter started crying and said she was afraid to tell her mother what had happened.

Reavis Wortham, a Garland school district spokesman, said Thursday night that the district immediately removed Mr. Drummond from the schools after receiving complaints about his behavior.

Officer Duke said police are looking into whether Mr. Drummond substituted with the Plano school district. Plano school officials could not be reached Thursday night.

"They don't specifically have to talk to their child about this incident or this man. Just talk in a nonthreatening manner about inappropriate touching," he said. "Often kids will know some touching is not right, but they don't know it's OK to tell."

Mr. Drummond coached five teams over three years for the Plano Youth Soccer Association before taking his teams to the Plano Sports Authority. He resigned from PSA when he learned of the investigation and before he coached a game, Plano police said.

Mr. Drummond did not have any children in the leagues. Some involved with the organization said he might have had grandchildren playing soccer. Others said they weren't certain.

Ms. Lung said she was not certain why Mr. Drummond became a PYSA coach. She said she believes parents or other coaches asked him to head a team.

George Ostrander, the PYSA president, said the group had gotten anonymous phone calls complaining about Mr. Drummond but none mentioned anything similar to the allegations. He also said there was not an unusual number of girls who asked to not play on Mr. Drummond's teams again after the season ended.

Mr. Drummond passed a background check when he became a coach. Background checks are common for anyone working with children, said Mary Margaret Taylor, executive director of the Plano Sports Authority.

"You never know from day to day. You might think your next-door neighbor is as clean as the day is long. But then you find out differently," Ms. Taylor said.

PSA, a nonprofit organization, has Volunteer Select Plus in Georgia do nationwide background checks, but Ms. Taylor makes the final decision on who is granted volunteer or coaching status.

Glenn Henry, who coaches a PYSA girl's team, said he had a hard time explaining the allegations to his daughter. She heard about what happened and didn't really understand. Mr. Henry said he did not know Mr. Drummond very well.

"His picture popped up on TV, and she recognized him and heard the word indecency," Mr. Henry said. "We had to explain the best we knew what was going on. Explaining that to an 8-year-old girl, that's something I wasn't ready for. I was forced into it."

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