Raquel Eleana Spencer, 29, has been sentenced to spend at least three months in jail after pleading guilty to having sex with an underage male student

A high school English teacher and cheer coach has been sentenced to at least three months in jail after she pleaded guilty to having sex with an underage male student.

On Friday, a Georgia judge sentenced Raquel Eleana Spencer to spend between 90 and 120 days at a detention center.

The 29-year-old must serve the rest of a 10-year sentence on probation.

According to the Daily-Citizen News, the possession of a schedule 1 controlled substance charge was dropped against Spencer as part of the plea deal.

The former Northwest Whitfield High School teacher was arrested in April 2018 for having sex with one of her students - a day after she was cuffed for bringing heroin into the classroom.

Spencer, from Whitfield County, Georgia, was charged with sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority after police found compromising text messages on her phone.

Police said at the time that Spencer's phone had evidence that she had texted sexual content to a student.

On Friday, a Georgia judge sentenced Spencer to 10 years with 120 days of detention and the rest on probation. Spencer, 29, was an English teacher at Northwest Whitfield High School. She was also an assistant cheerleading coach and assistant track and field coach

The student had reportedly told authorities he and the Spencer had been involved sexually for about a year.

Spencer resigned during a jail meeting with Superintendent Judy Gilreath at the time. She taught English at the school and also was an assistant cheerleading coach and assistant track and field coach.

She had been employed by the school from January 2013 until she resigned in April 2018.

When Spencer was arrested the second time, she had just been charged for possessing heroin.

The drugs were found on her personal property on school grounds.

At the time of that arrest, students and school officials notified the sheriff's office, saying Spencer was 'acting strangely' and was unable to carry a conversation and talking very fast when she did.

According to the police report, the teacher 'would change the conversation on a different path that was not relating to the previous conversation'.

Spencer is also required to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 300 hours of community service.

Spencer, 29, from Whitfield County, Georgia, was charged with sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority after police found compromising text messages on her phone