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A fifth-grade teacher at Leopold Elementary School has been arrested and tentatively charged with repeated acts of sexual assault of the same child, who is a former student at the school.

Terry D. Fay, 50, of Madison, turned himself in Friday to Madison detectives on the Special Victims Unit.

“Police received information last month regarding a teenager, who now lives in another state,” said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.

The teen recently told a trusted adult that the assaults happened five years ago when the child was 10 years old.

Fay “was one of the child’s teachers when the child was attending Leopold Elementary School,” DeSpain said.

Fay has been placed on paid leave.

“As soon as we were informed by police of the investigation he was placed on administrative leave,” said Madison School District spokeswoman Rachel Strauch-Nelson.

The investigation is continuing, so anyone with information is asked to contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014, DeSpain said.

In a message to parents Friday, district Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham said the district has “fully cooperated” with the investigation.