A Clarendon CISD teacher is in the Donley County Jail this morning on a charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor.
Jacob Diaz, age 24, was arrested yesterday, April 12, on the Class A misdemeanor, according to Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn.
Prior to the arrest, Diaz turned in his resignation at the school, which was accepted at Monday’s CCISD board meeting, and the school released a statement Thursday morning.
“Clarendon CISD has placed Mr. Diaz on administrative leave,” Superintendent Jarod Bellar said. “This is in the best interest of the district, and Mr. Diaz has resigned effective the end of the year. We are working toward hiring a replacement at this time.”
“We cannot have a teacher doing this,” Blackburn said. “The public needs to be able to trust a teacher will be a guardian for our kids and not allow them to do the wrong things.”
Diaz, who started as the school’s band director this past fall, was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Sarah Hatley with bond set at $5,000.
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