CELINA, Texas — At a special meeting Wednesday night, Celina ISD’s revered football family found itself at the center of heartbreak and public outrage.

Caleb Elliott, 26, resigned and surrendered his teaching license before the meeting — but his fate was still front and center as parents, board members, and community leaders gathered to reckon with the charges against him and his fate with the district.

Elliott, a former middle school history teacher and coach at Moore Middle School, faces two felony charges: possession of child pornography and invasive visual recording.

With his back against the podium and facing the crowd, his father, Bill Elliott, the district’s athletic director and Celina High School’s head football coach, made an unexpected and somber statement

"I understand you

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