Dallas teacher arrested for alleged relationship with student

Mary Todd Lowrance, a 49-year-old English teacher at Dallas's Moises E. Molina High School has been arrested following an alleged improper relationship with a student who was over the age of 17. Mary Todd Lowrance, a 49-year-old English teacher at Dallas's Moises E. Molina High School has been arrested following an alleged improper relationship with a student who was over the age of 17. Photo: Dallas County Sheriff Photo: Dallas County Sheriff Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Dallas teacher arrested for alleged relationship with student 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A 49-year-old high school English teacher from Dallas has been arrested and charged for an alleged improper relationship with a student.

Mary Todd Lowrance, who taught at Dallas ISD's Moisés E. Molina High School, has been released from Dallas County jail on $5,000 bond following her arrest late last week, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Lowrance allegedly had been engaged in a relationship with a student older than 17 for a couple of months before confiding in a coworker, who informed campus police, DISD Police Chief Craig Miller told the Morning News.

"When you get 160,000 students and 10,000 teachers, you hear a lot of rumors, and you have to investigate all of them," Miller told the Morning News. "And in this case, there was something to it. The student has been offered counseling. We're doing everything we can for him as well."

Because the student is not a minor, DISD is handling the case, rather than Dallas Police.