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 was set at $125,000 across the two charges.

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 released the following statement to CBS News Texas:

"The District is in the process of scheduling a special called meeting of the Board of Trustees to present a recommendation to propose sending notice of termination of employment and suspension without pay of Ms. Post. It is the District's intention to take steps to terminate and suspend Ms. Post without pay as soon as legally permitted. In addition, the District confirmed Ms. Post's certification through the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer ("BOCATC") was current through February 2, 2026. Last week, the District retained an independent third-party attorney to investigate questions regarding Ms. Post's licensure through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation ("TDLR"), including but not limited to, whether the licensure expired and the process / procedures for reviewing licensing and certification. Finally, out of an abundance of caution pending the findings of the third-party independent investigation, the District reported the concerns regarding Ms. Post's licensure to TDLR."  

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, within 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.

"We're talking about broad daylight rape, broad daylight sexual assault," said Herz. "This student was taken off of campus multiple times, in this person's vehicle and Ms. Post's vehicle, and that is where repeated instances of rape occurred, among other incidents, on or off campus."  

Herz said in the state of Texas, sports therapy trainers are required to have a license, but Post's expired in the fall of 2025. CBS News Texas also checked and did not find any record of a new license within the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. 

"It begs the question, how was she here in the first place in McKinney ISD or any of the other schools she serviced as the ISD, as their statement notes," Herz said. 

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 on 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."