Rebecca Goerdel, a 28-year-old special education teacher in Texas, was indicted for allegedly soliciting an eighth-grade student.
Goerdel, a special education teacher at the Young Men’s Leadership Academy of Kennedy Middle School in Grand Prairie in Texas, was arrested on March 11 after she was reported to police.
According to reports, administrators accused Goerdel of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with an unidentified student at the school. The arrest warrant states that Goerdel sat on the student’s lap in her car and they made out, however, they never had sexual intercourse.
The warrant alleges that the inappropriate relationship started in January 2017, when Goerdel allegedly sent the student a photo of her as she was lying naked in a tanning bed.
via WFAA:
An arrest warrant alleges that Geordel “sat on his lap in her car and they made out,” but never had sex, according to an arrest warrant. The warrant alleges that the relationship began when Goerdel sent a photo of herself naked in a tanning bed to the student and asked him to draw a portrait of her in January.
Police later discovered sexually explicit text conversations between Goerdel and the student, some of which came from “third party apps that have since been deleted.” On March 11, an officer texted Goerdel from the student’s phone and she responded asking him to spend the night with her.
Goerdel never returned to the classroom after her arrest earlier this year.
Grand Prairie school district released a statement on Goerdel’s arrest:
“We are pleased that law enforcement has doggedly pursued this matter and that Goerdel is being held responsible for her conduct. The safety of our students is among the highest priorities of the Grand Prairie Independent School District and that starts in the classroom. We believe the teacher-student relationship is sacred. It reflects a vow from teachers to parents that their children are safe — as safe as they would be at home. When a teacher in Grand Prairie ISD breaks that vow, he or she will be dealt with quickly and aggressively.”
