A health teacher at Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School was arrested amid allegations of inappropriate contact with students.

Barry Goodman, a veteran educator of more than 30 years, is charged with touching one student in an inappropriate manner. According to police, several other students also claim the 60-year-old Coram resident stroked their hair, arms and back inappropriately during class lectures. Goodman resigned from his post of teaching seventh-grade and eighth-grade students, and the school district is offering counseling to affected students.

Police charged Goodman with one count of sexual abuse and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.