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WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ REPORTS, THE TEACHER ALLEGEDLY HAD A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT. CLAIRE: MEGAN PARRIS WAS HIRED BY THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2013. SHE BECAME A TEACHER WITH THE DISTRICT IN JANUARY 2017 AND WAS MOVED AS A TEACHER TO NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH IN AUGUST OF THAT YEAR. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY TOLD THEM MEGAN PARRIS -- THIS IS HER BOOKING PHOTO -- WAS HIS TEACHER LAST YEAR, AND THAT THIS YEAR, HE REGULARLY WENT TO HER OFFICE FOR HELP WITH SCHOOL WOR ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE TWO BEGAN MESSAGING EACH OTHER ON INSTAGRAM AND TEXTED A FEW TIMES. PARRIS ALLEGEDLY SENT HIM TW NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HERSELF VIA INSTAGRAM MESSENGER. THE STUDENT SAYS THEY KISSED ONCE AT PARRIS’S HOME AND SHORTLY AFTER HAD SEX IN HER CAR ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AT THIS BEACH FRONT PARK OFF SAPPHIRE ROAD. >> WE WERE INFORMED OF ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THE TEACHER LAST MARCH, AND THE TEACHER WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED. CLAIRE: IN A CALL HOME TO T PARENTS, THE SCHOOL’S PRINCIPAL SAID PARRIS PASSED A BACKGROUND CHECK BEFORE BEING HIRED. NOTHING CRIMINAL OR SUGGESTIVE UNCOVERED. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, PARRIS AND THE 16-YEAR-OLD WERE FREQUENTLY ALONE IN HER OFFICE. ANOTHER STUDENT TELLING DETECTIVES SHE WAS ONCE ASKED LEAVE WITH PARRIS TELLING HER LATER “SORRY, I JUST NEEDED MY ALONE TIME WITH HIM.” ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, PARRIS TOLD AT LEAST TWO FRIENDS ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENT, SAYING TO ONE SHE WAS HAVING MARITAL TROUBLES AND JU NEEDED THE ATTENTION, ALLEGEDLY SAYING TO THE OTHER, SHE LOVED HIM. PARRIS REMAINS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE CRIMINAL CASE. A SPOKESMAN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THEY WILL DO THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AFTER THAT. IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH, VOLUSIA COUNTY, CLAIRE METZ, WES

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A New Smyrna Beach High School teacher is being charged with having unlawful sex with a minor.Authorities arrested Megan Parris and said she has been under investigation since March.Parris was removed from the classroom at that time and was still working for Volusia County Public Schools as of Thursday. Authorities said they found evidence that Parris had off-campus sexual encounters with a 16-year-old student.Investigators said the 16-year-old told them Parris was his teacher last year, but this year he went to her office for help with school work.According to an arrest report, the pair began messaging each other on Instagram and texted a few times.Parris is accused of sending the teenager two nude photos of herself through Instagram's messaging system.The student told authorities the pair had kissed once at Parris' home and shortly after had sex in her car on two different occasions at a beach front park off Sapphire Road.New Smyrna Beach High School's principal told WESH 2 News that Parris had passed a background check before being hired and nothing criminal or suggestive had been uncovered.According to the police report, Parris and the teenager were frequently alone in her off, while another student told detectives she was once asked to leave and area because she needed alone time with the teenage boy.The report also said Parris told at least two of her friends about her relationship with the student, telling one that she was having marital troubles and needed attention.She allegedly told the other friend that she loved the 16-year-old.Parris is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of her criminal case. A spokesperson with the school district said they would do their own investigation .