San Jose Police Department / San Jose Police Department

A teacher at a San Jose high school had a months-long relationship with her 17-year-old male student, coercing a minor 15 years her junior with her status as an authority figure, police said Thursday.

The teacher, Trudy Hill, who taught at Santa Teresa High School, a public school in south San Jose, was arrested Thursday after surrendering to detectives, according to the San Jose Police Department.