A middle school math teacher who invited a struggling student to eat lunch in her classroom groomed and raped him, prosecutors allege.
Sarah Jacas, 32, is accused of engaging in sexual activities with a 14-year-old boy in her classroom at Corner Lake Middle School in Orlando, Florida, during the school lunch period.
The reported incidents of statutory rape took place between December 2022 and April 2023 while the victim was a student at the school, as detailed in an arrest affidavit obtained by The Daily Mail.
The two started having lunch together at the beginning of the academic year ‘because he had difficulties fitting in and associating with the right group’, according to the warrant.
He told police the pair grew close and alleges Jacas started to ‘isolate’ him from other students.
Their relationship turned physical, with the pair sharing first hugs and cheek kisses before Jacas allegedly started molesting him.
The abuse cumulated to rape just before Spring Break 2023 when covered the classroom windows with active assailant curtains, laid a pillow down in a corner and had unprotected sex with the student, the affidavit claims.
Jacas, who is married and has a 12-year-old son, was arrested on Monday and jailed. She was released Wednesday on a $19,000 bond.
Corner Lake Middle School math teacher Sarah Jacas, 32, allegedly raped and molested a 14-year-old student in her classroom between December 2022 and April 2023
Jacas allegedly raped the boy just before Spring Break 2023 during the school lunch hour. She reportedly covered her classroom windows with active assailant curtains, laid a pillow down in a corner and had unprotected sex with the student (file photo of Corner Lake Middle School)
Jacas raped the boy in the same manor for three to four consecutive days, according to the affidavit.
She would also direct the victim, a virgin, on how to have sexual intercourse, investigators allege.
She and the boy would also text outside of school hours, often sharing what the boy’s mother called ‘abnormal’ messages late into the night.
The victim’s mother reportedly caught them messaging once around 1am and instructed them to both stop, so Jacas created a fake Instagram account instead.
She would send him ‘dirty’ messages through the social media platform, with the pair communicating exclusively in code, the affidavit states.
The numeric combinations 115 and 150 meant ‘I miss you’ and ‘I love you’, respectively. A high five emoji symbolized a kiss.
In one message, Jacas told the boy: ‘I just had sex with my husband and it wasn’t the best but I imagined it was you.’
Her husband eventually found out about the relationship and the married couple reached an ‘agreement’ that she would stop seeing the boy, the report states.
Jacas then called the victim from an unknown number to tell him her husband discovered the affair and threatened to report her. She instructed the boy to ‘lay low’ because her husband was ‘angry’.
The victim claims Jacas did not return to the classroom in the remaining weeks of the school year.
Jacas, who is married and has a 12-year-old son, was arrested on Monday and charged with statutory rape by an authority figure, lewd or lascivious battery by a custodial authority and lewd or lascivious molestation by a custodial figure. She was released from county jail Wednesday on a $19,000 bond
The boy, now 16, finally reported the alleged abuse to police on June 10 this year.
He called Jacas on the phone in the presence of police on June 16, which eventually led to her subsequent arrest this week.
Jacas has been charged with statutory rape by an authority figure, lewd or lascivious battery by a custodial authority and lewd or lascivious molestation by a custodial figure.
A judge ordered that she cannot have any contact with the victim or any witnesses in the case WESH reports. She also cannot have unsupervised contact with her own child.
Jacas will not be returning to teach at the school, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Corner Lake Middle School Principal Paul Browning sent a message to the school community, which was obtained by TV station, on Wednesday confirming the incident.
It read, in part: ‘One of our employees has been arrested after allegations of misconduct from two years ago were reported.
‘I can assure you I take all allegations very seriously and there is an ongoing investigation by law enforcement and the district’s Office of Professional Standards.
‘Although I cannot discuss employee matters, please know this person will not be returning to campus pending the outcome of the investigation.’
The Daily Mail has approached the school for comment.
