Texas instructor, 31, arrested for alleged sexual relationship with center faculty pupil

A former Texas instructor was arrested and slapped with a number of expenses after allegedly having an inappropriate relationship that concerned sexual contact with a center faculty pupil.

Kara Hernandez, 31, resigned from her instructing job at Ronald Thornton Center Faculty in September 2024, after a former pupil got here ahead to the district about her alleged improper relationship with a pupil, Fox 26 Houston reported.

Hernandez was arrested on Feb. 14 and faces expenses of indecency with a toddler involving sexual contact and an improper relationship between an educator and a pupil.

The alleged relationship occurred on or round April 1, 2022, when Hernandez labored for the Houston-area faculty. A grand jury indictment accuses Hernandez of deliberately partaking in sexual contact with a pupil enrolled on the faculty, based on court docket paperwork obtained by Click on 2 Houston.

On a Fb put up about Hernandez’s arrest, folks claiming to have kids within the faculty district wrote that Hernandez was an orchestra instructor. The Publish couldn’t independently confirm these claims.

She resigned from her place in September 2024 throughout their investigation into the allegations, the Fort Bend Unbiased Faculty District stated.

Ford Bend ISD addressed the allegations in opposition to the previous instructor in a letter despatched to folks.

“Just lately, allegations of previous inappropriate conduct by a Thornton Center Faculty workers member had been delivered to the district’s consideration by a former pupil. Fort Bend ISD instantly started an investigation, and the workers member was instantly faraway from the campus and positioned on administrative go away pending the result of the investigation. The workers member is not going to be returning to FBISD,” the district stated.

In a separate assertion to the native information channel, Fort Bend ISD famous, “The district took motion instantly after allegations got here to gentle, and through our investigation the instructor resigned rather than termination in September 2024.”

Fort Bend ISD didn’t instantly return The Publish’s request for remark.

Hernandez’s bond has been set at $50,000, with $25,000 for every cost.

She is subsequent set to seem in court docket on April 28.