McKinney ISD athletic trainer arrested for sexually assaulting a child, police say
A 35-year-old McKinney Independent School District athletic trainer was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual assault involving a student.
Lindsey Post was booked into the Collin County Jail and was charged by McKinney police with improper relationship between educator and student and sexual assault of a child. Both are second-degree felonies.
Bond information was not immediately available.
McKinney police investigation
"I can confirm McKinney police are investigating a case involving a McKinney ISD employee," said McKinney Police Officer Darryl Saffold. "An arrest was made following a report involving an inappropriate relationship between an MISD employee and a juvenile."
District responds
In a letter sent to parents, McKinney ISD Superintendent Shawn Pratt said Post was an athletic trainer at McKinney North High School, but also supported Cockrill Middle School and Scott Johnson Middle School.
The district was notified of alleged inappropriate texts and/or conduct involving a McKinney North student on Jan. 27, Pratt said, and immediately notified McKinney police, the Texas Education Agency State Board for Educator Certification, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
"The safety and well-being of our students is our highest priority," Pratt said. "Following clearance by law enforcement, Ms. Post was placed on administrative leave pending investigation."
The district urged anyone with information or concerns to contact McKinney Police, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, or the McKinney ISD Title IX coordinator.
"We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and are committed to transparency as this case develops with the limits of what the law allows us to share and while maintaining confidentiality for any victim," Pratt said.
Family hires civil attorney
The family of the victim has hired Dallas attorney Paul Herz, who is representing several of the families in the Caleb Elliott investigation in the Celina ISD.
"Herz Law will vigorously investigate civil liability ... while urging the district, regardless of the institution or result of litigation, to immediately reform its policies, procedures, and practices to protect its student body which remains susceptible to the same abuse until something changes," Herz said in a news release.
Herz did not disclose the age nor the gender of the victim.
State lawmaker reaction
State Rep. Jeff Leach of McKinney, who has been an advocate for victims of child sexual abuse, said the problem is pervasive.
"Manipulation, misconduct, abuse and assault of Texas children," Leach said in a post Wednesday night on X. "It's everywhere. All around us. Every day. In your backyard. And in mine. There may be no higher and more exigent emergency facing the State of Texas than this. And it's high time we start treating it as such."