Dallas teacher and student had sex in the classroom, charges claim

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 / 98 Caption Close Dallas teacher and student had sex in the classroom, charges claim 1 / 98 Back to Gallery

A Dallas ISD high school teacher was arrested last month for improper relations with a student. Now police documents show the two had repeated sex in the classroom.

According to an April 21 arrest affidavit from the Dallas ISD Police Department, administrators at Molina High School had already raised suspicions with 49-year-old English teacher Marry Todd Lowrance when a 19-year-old male student came forward to report that Lowrance touched him inappropriately.

The student later testified to a police detective that Lawrence had begun helping him with school work, and the two became friends. In late February the two had sex in the classroom, and "had sex many times since then" in the classroom, Lowrance's car and Lawrence's apartment, according to the affidavit.

"[The student] said he liked it at first, but it started bothering him and he wanted it to stop. He was afraid to break it off, because he didn't know what she would do, as his teacher," it said.

Lawrence turned herself in to the Dallas ISD police on April 23, the Dallas Morning News Reports, and spent several hours in a county jail before posting $5,000 bond. She now awaits trial.

The Texas Education Agency has reported a 27 percent jump in reported student-teacher relationships between 2009 and 2014. Since September, the Agency has investigated 74 allegations of sexual relations between educators and students.