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Hebron teacher not indicted by grand jury
By Crystal Forester, Staff Writer
A Denton County grand jury on Thursday refused to indict a Hebron High School teacher who was arrested in May and charged with having improper relations with a student.
Amy McElhenney was charged with having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old male student at Hebron.
McElhenney was a Spanish teacher and cross-country coach at Hebron in the Lewisville ISD.
When the police investigation began the former Miss Texas contestant was placed on paid administrative leave while the allegations were being investigated, LISD spokesperson Margaret Gurecky said previously.
The district did not take any other disciplinary actions against McElhenney because she put in her resignation form in late March, Gurecky said.
When McElhenney, of The Colony, was arrested the story gained national media attention.
The police began investigating the case when an anonymous note was received by the school resource office. The note stated a student had viewed text messages on McElhenney’s cell phone that were “of an intimate nature and not indicative of a normal teacher/student relationship,” police documents stated.
“McElhenney did admit that she felt her relationship with [the student] was inappropriate,” the police documents state. “[The detective] asked McElhenney about the nature of her relationship with [the student] and McElhenney denied any physical or sexual relationships with [the student].”
In a written affidavit the student said he had sexual intercourse at McElhenney’s apartment on several occasions and had been involved in a relationship since February.
Contact staff writer Crystal Forester at 972-538-2104 or at cforester@acnpapers.com.
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