SAPD: Middle school teacher caught in hotel room with 15-year-old former student

Crystal Nicole Rodriguez faces a charge of improper relationship between educator and student. She was booked into the Bexar County Jail on a $20,000 bond. Crystal Nicole Rodriguez faces a charge of improper relationship between educator and student. She was booked into the Bexar County Jail on a $20,000 bond. Photo: Bexar County Jail Photo: Bexar County Jail Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close SAPD: Middle school teacher caught in hotel room with 15-year-old former student 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

A San Antonio ISD middle school teacher and coach was arrested Sunday after she was found in a hotel with a 15-year-old former student.

Crystal Nicole Rodriguez, 28, faces a charge of improper relationship between educator and student. She was booked into the Bexar County Jail on a $20,000 bond.

According to a preliminary police report, Rodriguez admitted to having a sexual relationship with the victim after police found the two in the hotel.

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Leslie Price, the chief communications director for San Antonio ISD, said Rodriguez is a coach and teacher at Page Middle School and the victim was a former student at Page. The victim is now 15 years old and is at a different school.

It's unclear when the alleged improper relationship began.

"The District will be reporting the arrest to the State Board of Education and Human Resources has set a meeting today with the employee (SAISD was closed on Monday, February 19 for Presidents Day)," Price said in a statement. "We are working to gather information to ensure we have full knowledge of what has occurred."

Rodriguez has been an employee at Page Middle School for two years.

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