Texas teacher arrested, charged with recruiting students for prostitution: 'Disgusting'

KLEIN, Texas (CITC) — A Klein, Texas high school teacher was arrested Monday on charges of child trafficking and compelling prostitution of minors.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office apprehended Klein Independent School District (Klein ISD) teacher Kedria Grigsby for allegedly victimizing three high school students. She recruited “troubled” minors who had run away by offering them hotels to stay at, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

The teacher purportedly helped her son, Roger Magee, who was arrested in 2022 for similar charges. Additional victims have told police Grigsby tried to lure them while at school, according to Gonzalez.

The district placed Grigsby, who taught at Klein Cain High School, on administrative leave after learning of the allegations, according to KRIV.

"Klein ISD has NO intention of allowing this individual back to Klein Cain or any Klein ISD school, and we will report to all appropriate agencies at the conclusion of the investigation,” the district reportedly stated. “Let us be clear: any behavior harming children is deplorable.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested Grigsby’s purported crimes serve as evidence of the need for school vouchers, which allow families to use public school funds for alternative education path, such as private schools.

“What some of our educators are doing is criminal and disgusting,” the governor wrote on X. “No child should be compelled by the state to be in a school like this. And yet, current law doesn't allow the choice to go elsewhere.”

Grigsby’s arrest came less than a week after two Denton, Texas, school district employees were indicted amid allegations of illegal electioneering. Jesús and Lindsay Luján used work email accounts to encourage employees to vote in the state Republican primary elections, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who sued the district in February

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The Lujáns purportedly included a plea by Diboll ISD Superintendent Brian Bowman in their emails urging staff to vote for candidates supportive of public schools.

“If Texas educators do not come together & vote on the candidate that will support public schools, we are in trouble,” Bowman allegedly said. “Billions of $$ sitting there holding us hostage, for vouchers. Districts adopting deficit budgets across the state while politics are played.”

The Lujáns also provided a list of candidates deemed friendly and unfriendly to public education, according to Paxton's lawsuit. The attorney general, along with Gov. Abbott, were allegedly labeled unfriendly.

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