A drama teacher raped a 16-year-old student during her first two months teaching at a new school, police say. 

Chelsie Leroy, 23, was arrested on February 8 for having sex with the student at Southwest High School in a Washburn, Missouri in September 2018. 

Leroy had been employed by the school district for just over a month before she allegedly had sex with the student in the school theater. 

Chelsie Leroy, 23, has been charged with raping a 16-year-old student at the high school she taught at. ( Picture : Facebook)

The student told police that Leroy texted him ‘two to three weeks after the first day of school,’ according to the Springfield News-Leader. 


Leroy kissed the student the following week, the victim said. 

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On September 20, the two had their first sexual encounter in the school’s ‘Little Theater’ room that Leroy worked in. 



Leroy allegedly raped the student again days later. 

Authorities eventually discovered the illicit sexual relationship and Leroy was fired on December 20 – about a week after the Barry County Advertiser published a glowing feature story on the new drama teacher. 

Chelsie Leroy is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student in Southwest High School (Picture: Google Maps)

According to the article, Leroy was a former student at the school and she told the paper ‘one of the stipulations of my hiring was that I was to bring my own uniqueness to the program.’ 

The article centered around a production of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas that debuted six days before Leroy was fired. 

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She has been charged with two counts of statutory rape and two counts of sexual contact with a student by a teacher. 

If convicted, she faces up to 22 years in jail if the sentences run consecutively. 

Leroy was fired from the school days after a local newspaper published a glowing feature story on her (Picture: Facebook)

A judge requested a $40,000 bond and Leroy has not yet entered a plea. 

She is set to return to court on February 20.