Married Nicole Hernandez, 30, taught the teen at middle school before later teaching him at high school, where she is accused of grooming him before having sex with him in her car She was once voted teacher of the month (Image: Facebook)

A female former "teacher of the month" is set to face trial for allegedly having sex with a male pupil in the back of her Jeep.

Art teacher Nicole Hernandez, 30, is said to have groomed, manipulated and 'isolated ' the teenage high school student from friends and family before the relationship turned sexual in early 2024.

Married Hernandez – also known as Nikki Baird – was arrested in May on four felony counts for unlawful relations with the 17-year-old boy. An arrest affidavit obtained by local media in the US said: "He described how she

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