HIALEAH, FL--The Hialeah Police Department has arrested Maria Guzman Hernandez and charged her with sexual battery.
Mrs. Hernandez was a 6th Grade teacher at Our Lady of Charity School, in Hialeah.
According to police she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old male student she met at the school.
The Miami Herald is reporting that the boy's mother approved of the relationship. The paper says she acknowledged this to both police and Department of Children & Families investigators. The Heralds says the mother is now under investigation by both agencies for permitting the teen to have a months-long affair with the teacher, and for consenting to the theme park trip.
The school's principal learned of the alleged relationship Friday and contacted the Department of Children and Families who then contacted Hialeah Police.
Hernandez, who worked at the school for four years, has been fired.
According to police, Hernandez and the 15 year old male were vacationing in Disney World Orlando on Saturday, when the Hialeah Police Department began its investigation.
Police contacted the pair who returned to South Florida.
According to Hialeah Police, Mrs. Hernandez admitted to the crime. She was arrested and taken into custody.
