A former social studies teacher from Ohio who is serving a four-year sentence for having sex with a 16-year-old student is seeking an early release from prison.

Madalyn Arnett, a 26-year-old mother-of-three from Dayton, pleaded guilty last March for sexual battery and was sentenced in May 2019 to four years behind bars.

Less than a year into her prison term, the disgraced Franklin High School teacher had her defense lawyers file a motion asking a judge to free her ahead of schedule, arguing that she has 'a positive attitude' and has acquitted herself well working in food service at the correctional facility.

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Let me go: Madalyn Arnett, a 26-year-old former social studies teacher from Ohio, is seeking an early release, less than a year into her four-year prison term on a sexual battery conviction

Arnett's lawyers have filed a motion arguing that the mom-of-three is 'extremely remorseful' and has 'a positive attitude'

Arnett's attorneys further wrote that she accepts responsibility for her actions and is 'extremely remorseful,' reported Dayton Daily News.

If she is released, the former educator, who welcomed her third child last year, would stay with her family and actively look for work, according to the motion.

Warren County prosecutors are against Arnett's early release, pointing out that she used her position of authority to victimize the 16-year-old student by sending him nude photos on social media and having sex with him in her car.

'The defendant used her position as the victim’s teacher to form a sexual relationship with the student and engaged in sexual conduct,' Warren County Assistant Prosecutor Carrie Heisele said the response to the motion. 'The court gave the defendant a sentence to hold her accountable and punish her for the acts that led to her convictions.'

Prosecutors say Arnett (pictured left with her eldest child) had sex with the victim in her parked car in early 2019. Prior to the encounter, she had sent nude photos to the teen

She was arrested in March 2019, after news of her encounter with the minor got out

Judge Timothy Tepe has scheduled a hearing for March 16 to consider the early-release motion.

According to the prosecution, the student had approached Arnett asking her what he could do to boost his grades, reported Local12.

Prosecutors are against Arnett's early release, pointing out that she used her position of authority to victimize a child

After initially refusing to help the teen, Arnett contacted him on social media and began having exchanges with him that were 'sexual in nature.'

Arnett, who had given birth to her second daughter a few months prior, also allegedly sent nude photos and videos of herself to the teen.

On March 23, 2018, Arnett picked up the boy in her car, drove to a parking lot and had sex with him in the backseat.

School administrators grew suspicious of an inappropriate relationship and confronted Arnett.

She was arrested at her home on March 28 and was suspended from work the same day. In early April, Arnett resigned from the school.

Even if she is released early, Arnett will be required to register as a sex offender.