Amanda Quinonez, an adult female teacher at a California high school faces charges of indecent behaviour with an underage male student after she was arrested.
Gatekeepers News reports that Quinonez, 30, served as an English-language arts teacher, as well as the swimming and water polo coach at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in East Vale, California.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigators responded to the school regarding allegations Quinonez ‘committed lewd acts’ with the minor student.
The investigation discovered that one male student was involved and that Quinonez sent ‘explicit’ photos of a ‘sexual nature’ to him.
Quinonez was jailed at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, California on Tuesday.
Roosevelt High School principal, Dr Greg Anderson said the Corona-Norco School District and the school have zero tolerance for behaviour that endangers students.
Quinonez’s employment status following the arrest was not disclosed. She is still listed on the school’s staff directory.
