Texas police are investigating inappropriate messages allegedly sent by a teacher to a special needs student after a parent found them on Instagram.

The student attended the Opportunity Awareness Center, an alternate discipline school in the Katy Independent School District.

Community activists Quanell X and Candice Matthews addressed the media alongside the mother and demanded that the district take action against the male teacher.

Quanell X claimed that the teacher had messaged the student as if they were in a romantic relationship and had sent messages about meeting together.

The district issued a statement to KHOU-TV about the investigation. "The safety and security of our students and staff is the District's number one priority," read the statement.

"The individual referenced is a former paraprofessional who was immediately removed from the building on the same day the parent notified the administration of the allegation," it added. "A multi-agency investigation remains open."

Matthews issued a warning to other parents in the district and to parents in general.

"If you have children that attend school, question your kids. Question your kids and find out what's going on at the school. Check your children's social media like this mother did," she said.

The same district was mired in controversy in 2022 after a special education teacher was caught taking naked photos and videos of herself and posting them to the Reddit website. The teacher resigned and later had her teaching certification suspended for a year.

"(F)un Friday at school today, shh don't tell" was a title of one of the posts the teacher uploaded to Reddit.

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