UPDATED January 30.
For the second time in one week, a McKinney Independent School District employee was accused of sexual misconduct involving a student.
On Wednesday, McKinney ISD families were notified by the district that McKinney North High School athletic trainer Lindsey Post had been arrested following accusations of engaging in inappropriate communications and/or conduct with a student at the school.
Lindsey Elizabeth Post, 35, was charged with sexual assault of a child and improper relationship between educator and student. Both offenses are second-degree felonies punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison.
According to the district, Post also supported Cockrill Middle School and Scott Johnson Middle School as an athletic trainer.
The district learned of the allegations on January 27 but, at the request of law enforcement, waited until after Post’s arrest to issue a statement.
Post was arrested and booked into the Collin County Jail on January 28 and released January 29 on bonds totaling $125,000.
She was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
The student’s family has hired attorney Paul Herz, who is also representing several families suing Celina ISD over a locker room recording scandal involving then-middle school coach Caleb Elliott.
A statement released by Herz indicates that Post’s accuser is a “first-year high school student” who has alleged multiple “instances of rape over several months, corroborated by the immediate investigation of the McKinney Police Department.”
“The existence of this matter has just come to the attention of the family and law enforcement,” stated Herz.
While the State ascertains criminal responsibility for these heinous acts, Herz Law will vigorously investigate civil liability for the same, 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. Two-deep leadership and better supervision would have prevented the rapes in this matter and stand to prevent it in the future.
In an unrelated incident, McKinney High School math teacher Deadrick Bogard was placed on leave late last week following just-revealed allegations that he sexually abused an underage female student 13 years ago while working in a different district.
The former student, who is now an adult, posted a TikTok video alleging that Bogard began making sexual advances when she was a 16-year-old basketball player at Seagoville High School and he was her coach.
The woman said Bogard often drove her home after practice and eventually invited her to his house, where he sexually assaulted her. She said she didn’t tell anyone at the time because she thought of the sex as consensual.
Her social media post prompted others to share similar stories about Bogard.
Bogard has held a Texas teaching certificate for math since 2014.
Superintendent Shawn Pratt notified McKinney ISD families about Bogard on January 24.
“The safety and well-being of our students is our highest priority,” wrote Pratt. “Upon learning of the social media post, Mr. Bogard was immediately placed on administrative leave pending investigation.”
“We are cooperating fully with law enforcement and are committed to transparency as this case develops,” added Pratt.
In both cases, the district stated it had reported the allegations to the Texas Education Agency State Board for Educator Certification, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and the McKinney Police Department.
In just the past few years, hundreds of Texas school employees have been accused of sex crimes involving students and other children. Thousands have been reported to the TEA for sexual misconduct.
