Lunch lady allegedly had sex with student every day inside school closet - and even kept a photo of him in her work locker

Daily Mail​

11-05-2025

A 30-year-old canteen worker who allegedly had sex with a high school senior every day in a campus closet has been arrested.
It's alleged Jenna Woodworth would meet the student in a parking lot and then drive back to the school, where they would enter through a staff entrance.
The student told police they entered through the back door of the cafeteria and had sex in a kitchen closet.
After her arrest at East Central High School in San Antonio, Texas, school staff found a photo of the teen in her work locker, and both Woodworth and the boy later admitted to the inappropriate relationship in interviews with detectives.
It's unclear how police were tipped off, but an arrest affidavit said officers began investigating the allegations on Wednesday morning.
An interview with the student revealed that Woodworth allegedly picked him up in a stadium parking lot using a district vehicle, local ABC affiliate KSAT first reported.
She then allegedly drove him back to campus, and the two entered the building through an employee-only entrance to have intercourse in the closet on Monday.
Woodworth then allegedly washed her hands and returned to work. The teen told police that the same thing happened again on Tuesday.
The two have reportedly known each other since the student was a freshman at the school.
'[Woodworth] would get upset with me if I did not speak to her or acknowledge her when I was around her,' the teen told police in an interview.
Woodworth has been employed with the high school's nutrition department since 2011. The school notified parents that she has been terminated after the arrest.
The district sent a letter to parents informing them of the arrest and writing that 'immediate and decisive action' was taken after administration learned of the incident.
The letter added that the student's family was notified about the relationship and are engaged in the investigation. Child Protective Services has also been notified.
'Any inappropriate relationship between a staff member and a student violates the trust placed in our employees and is wholly unacceptable,' the letter continued.
'We want our community to know that we are taking this matter very seriously and have acted swiftly at every step to protect our students and uphold the integrity of our schools.'
Woodworth was booked into the Bexar County Jail and released on bail early Saturday morning. Her bail was set at $50,000, according to jail records.
Woodworth faces a second-degree felony charge of having an improper relationship with a student.
That can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 in Texas.
Investigators haven't said how old the victim is. The age of consent in Texas is 17, but it is still illegal for educators to engage in sexual intercourse with students that age and above who have consented to sex.