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A dean at a Bronx charter school responsible for student discipline was charged with rape Tuesday over accusations she had sex with a 15-year-old student, officials said.
Grace Trinidad, 34, a dean of discipline at New Visions Advanced Math & Science High School, befriended the teen and repeatedly invited him to her home in the South Bronx, according to cops.
During their most recent encounter, Trinidad and the student were watching movies when they began kissing and performed oral sex on each other, authorities allege.
Detectives from the 40th Precinct were alerted to the abuse after the student and a classmate told the principal what happened, sources said.
Trinidad was arrested at her home after questioning Tuesday. She was charged with rape in the third degree for having sex with a minor, criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child.
Her arraignment was pending in Bronx Criminal Court Tuesday afternoon.
New Visions is one of several high schools located in the old John F. Kennedy High School building in the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx. Trinidad’s Facebook account lists her starting a job as dean at the John F. Kennedy building in 2017.
The school opened in 2011 and enrolls almost 500 students. New Visions for Public Schools operates eight charter schools in the city.
Requests for comment from New Visions were not immediately returned.
Trinidad is listed on the school website as a dean coordinator for discipline. According to an Education Department survey, less than half of the school’s teachers said discipline was maintained in the charter school in the 2018-19 school year, compared to 75% of teachers citywide.
A dean at a Bronx charter school responsible for student discipline was charged with rape Tuesday over accusations she had sex with a 15-year-old student, officials said.
Grace Trinidad, 34, a dean of discipline at New Visions Advanced Math & Science High School, befriended the teen and repeatedly invited him to her home in the South Bronx, according to cops.
During their most recent encounter, Trinidad and the student were watching movies when they began kissing and performed oral sex on each other, authorities allege.
Detectives from the 40th Precinct were alerted to the abuse after the student and a classmate told the principal what happened, sources said.
Trinidad was arrested at her home after questioning Tuesday. She was charged with rape in the third degree for having sex with a minor, criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child.
Her arraignment was pending in Bronx Criminal Court Tuesday afternoon.
New Visions is one of several high schools located in the old John F. Kennedy High School building in the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx. Trinidad’s Facebook account lists her starting a job as dean at the John F. Kennedy building in 2017.
The school opened in 2011 and enrolls almost 500 students. New Visions for Public Schools operates eight charter schools in the city.
Requests for comment from New Visions were not immediately returned.
Trinidad is listed on the school website as a dean coordinator for discipline. According to an Education Department survey, less than half of the school’s teachers said discipline was maintained in the charter school in the 2018-19 school year, compared to 75% of teachers citywide.
