Deputies said Stephen Eugene Thai sexually assaulted two students during the after school art program. They did not identify the school.

Several parents witnessed the incidents at Bowers Elementary School and helped to restrain the man until the Santa Clara police officers arrived.  He was taken into custody without further incident and charged with battery and "willful disruption of a pupil on a school campus."

Statewide figures were similar for Bay Area counties, which had enrollment drops between 2% and 4%.