Katherine Alana Gricar, 24, teacher's aide at Smith Elementary School, Spring ISD, Houston, Texas, "accused of having sex with a student" Houston Chronicle: Spring ISD teacher's aide accused of sex with student (Mar 28 2013) Katherine Alana Gricar, 24, was charged with improper relationship with a student on Feb. 13 for allegedly having sex with an 18-year-old female student who she was helping with her education, court records show ... She originally met the mother of the high school student at Smith Elementary School, where they both worked. Because the two were friends, the teacher allowed Gricar to move into her home to help her 18-year-old daughter with school. Investigators said the student's mother had discovered the two had kissed and had caught the women alone with each other while they were locked in her daughter's bedroom. Tags:
KHOU: Spring ISD employee accused of having sex with high school student (Mar 28 2013) According to Spring ISD, Gricar was a certified teacher's aide but only worked at Smith Elementary School as a work room assistant. Gricar befriended a teacher's aide who also worked there. The teacher's aide had a 17-year-old daughter who was a homebound student in Spring ISD. Gricar moved in with the mother and daughter for a while to help the daughter with her education. The teen’s mom began to suspect that something was going on between the two. The mother said one day she arrived home to find the two of them locked in the teen’s bedroom. The daughter admitted to her mother that she and “Katie” kissed, investigators said. She also told her mother that she wanted to move out of their home and move in with Gricar.
ABC Local KTRK: Female Spring ISD teacher accused of having sex with female student (Mar 28 2013) Katherine Alana Gricar is charged with improper relationship with a student. According to court documents, Gricar, who is a teacher at Smith Elementary School, had sex with a 17-year-old Spring High School student last month. The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office says the victim's mother called deputy constables to say that her daughter wanted to move out of her house and leave with Gricar ... Spring ISD police say Gricar told them she was on her lunch break on Feb. 13 when she picked the girl up from her house, brought the girl back to her Spring residence and had sex with the girl.