5th grade teacher accused of having sexual conversations with student during remote learning day

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) — An elementary school teacher in Kentucky is accused of having sexual conversations with a fifth-grade student.

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Louisville Metro Police said Sydnee Graf, 36, was arrested Monday.

Graf is a fifth-grade math teacher at Smyrna Elementary School in Jefferson County Public Schools.

The arrest citation said Graf was having sexual conversations with the student during a remote learning day.

Police said the conversations included discussion of oral sodomy and that Graf planned to meet the student, who is under 12.

She was arrested Monday while picking up the child near his home.

According to police, Graf admitted to having previous conversations with the boy.

During her arraignment Tuesday, the court entered a not guilty plea for Graf and kept her bond at $100,000 cash. If the bond is posted, Graf will be placed in the home incarceration program.

Amanda Cooper, the school’s principal, said in a letter to parents that Graf will be reassigned and will not have contact with students during the investigation.

Cooper added that student safety is the school’s top priority.