A South Carolina math teacher and tennis coach was arrested this week after a 17-year-old student said he had a $exual relationship with her, authorities said. Jennifer Danielle Olajire-Aro, 27, faces one count of $exual battery with a student 16 or 17 years of age, according to court records.
She was arrested on Monday and has been ordered not to have contact with the victim, his family or students at the school.
“She is married,” attorney J. Kevin Holmes said of his client, who taught pre-calculus and algebra at Burke High School, reports the Post and Courier.
“Her husband is a student at the Medical University of South Carolina (in) the residency program. She has a 10-month-old baby, a girl.”
According to an affidavit, the teacher admitted to having a $exual relationship with her 17-year-old student on three occasions between November and December at her residence and other locations in Charleston.
A spokesperson for the district noted that it was her first year of employment at the school and that she’s been placed on paid administrative leave.
Aro, who has no prior criminal record and had received awards for her teaching, is being held on $100,000 bail.
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