Carla Tejas, a 28-year-old soccer coach at the University of Texas Permian Basin, is in some hot water.
According to a report from KMID, a group of players anonymously penned a letter to the school and NCAA informing them that Tejas had made out with students and asked players for bail money after being arrested for DUI. She is also accused of providing booze to minors.
Tejas was arrested on September 11 after failing to pass field sobriety tests.
She has since been placed on paid administrative leave.
“Our focus has always been and will always be unwavering support for student-athletes. Period. That doesn’t change now or ever. So I want to make that perfectly clear. Our support is clearly squarely on our student-athletes,” athletic director Todd Doley said.
Shennanigans aren’t new for Tejas, who players also say re-entered a game she was ejected from. According to the players, Tejas coached with a two-way radio and was wearing a disguise.
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Over the course of the past year alone, a handful of teachers have been arrested on similar charges, including 25-year-old substitute teacher Alexis Mercedes Boberg in Baltimore, Beulah High School teacher Kelsie Schmidt in North Dakota, Rancocas Valley Regional High School teacher Alexandra Reiner in New Jersey, and 50-year-old Florida substitute teacher Angela Jean Stanton in Florida. Additionally, Texas teachers Meredith Null and Edna Longoria were arrested on similar charges.
As for why the number of these incidents has seemingly increased, studies suggest that smartphones are the primary reason for the spike in illicit relationships, as it allows teachers to communicate with the minors without supervision.
According to a report from the Texas Education Association, smartphones make it easy for teachers to privately text and talk with students and also make it possible for teachers and students to share explicit images.