Jenna Woodworth, 30, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly having a relationship with a senior at East Central High School in San Antonio, Texas.
Woodworth is accused of having sexual intercourse with the student on multiple occasions in a school closet.
After her arrest, school staff found a photo of the teen in her work locker. Both Woodworth and the student were interviewed by police and admitted to the inappropriate relationship.
It’s unclear how police were tipped off to the alleged crime, but an arrest affidavit said they began investigating the allegations on Wednesday morning.
An interview with the student revealed that Woodworth allegedly picked him up in a stadium parking lot using a district vehicle, local ABC affiliate KSAT first reported.
She then allegedly drove him back to campus, and the two entered the building through an employee-only entrance to have intercourse in the closet on Monday.
He told police that they entered the building through the back door of the cafeteria and allegedly had sex in a kitchen closet.
Jenna Woodworth, 30, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a student at the high school where she was employed
After Woodworth was fired, school staff cleaned out her locker and found a photo of the student
The student said that Woodworth allegedly picked him up at a stadium parking lot and led him through the back entrance of the school cafeteria
Woodworth then allegedly washed her hands and returned to work. The teen told police that the same thing happened again on Tuesday.
The two have reportedly known each other since the student was a freshman at the school.
‘[Woodworth] would get upset with me if I did not speak to her or acknowledge her when I was around her,’ the teen told police in an interview.
Woodworth has been employed with the high school’s nutrition department since 2011. The school notified parents that she has been terminated after the arrest.
The district sent a letter to parents informing them of the arrest and writing that ‘immediate and decisive action’ was taken after administration learned of the incident.
The letter added that the student’s family was notified about the relationship and are engaged in the investigation. Child Protective Services has also been notified.
‘Any inappropriate relationship between a staff member and a student violates the trust placed in our employees and is wholly unacceptable,’ the letter continued.
‘We want our community to know that we are taking this matter very seriously and have acted swiftly at every step to protect our students and uphold the integrity of our schools.’
Woodworth allegedly had sexual intercourse twice with the student in the kitchen closet. She was arrested and charged with a second-degree felony of an improper relationship between an educator and a student
Woodworth was booked into the Bexar County Jail and released on bail early Saturday morning. Her bail was set at $50,000, according to jail records.
Woodworth faces a second-degree felony charge of having an improper relationship with a student.
That can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 in Texas.
Investigators haven’t said how old the victim is. The age of consent in Texas is 17, but it is still illegal for educators to engage in sexual intercourse with students that age and above who have consented to sex.
