ARLINGTON, Va. — Unsettling news met the email inboxes of families at Arlington's Washington-Liberty High School and Hoffman-Boston Elementary School, as parents learned that a former school ...

An Arlington high school employee was arrested for reportedly having inappropriate contact with a student. Police say he was an instructional assistant assigned to Washington-Liberty High School.

Arlington High School employee Robert J. Siniscalchi, 68, of Hyde Park, has been charged in connection to an investigation by the Dutchess County Sherriff's Office.

Siniscalchi, who is accused of having inappropriate contact with three Arlington High School students during the 2024-2025 school year, was taken into custody on June 3, 2025.