A teacher and coach in the Round Rock Independent School District was arrested for sending sexually explicit messages and nude photos to an underage student via social media.
Dylan Thomas Goforth, 34, was arrested and charged with improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree felony punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison.
Goforth worked at Westwood High School in Round Rock ISD, where he was an English teacher for gifted and talented students as well as a football and basketball coach.
A district spokeswoman told Texas Scorecard, “Round Rock ISD does not comment on personnel matters. The individual referenced is a former employee.”
The McLennan County Sheriff’s Office reportedly began investigating Goforth in January after receiving allegations of inappropriate social media communications with an underage student.
Investigators found Goforth had communicated with the student via social media from September to November 2025, escalating to sexually explicit messages and nude images.
The teacher also contacted other minor students via social media with messages investigators said crossed acceptable teacher-student boundaries but did not trigger additional criminal charges.
Goforth was booked into the McLennan County Jail on June 17 and released the next day on a $20,000 bond.
He began working in Round Rock ISD in the 2025-26 school year. Goforth previously taught in West ISD.
According to a September 2025 student news article, “Coach Goforth aims to be a publicly appreciated educator.”
Goforth has held a Texas teaching certificate since 2020. His certification is under review by the Texas Education Agency.
In just the past few years, hundreds of Texas school employees have been accused of sex crimes involving students and other children—including in Round Rock ISD.
In April, orchestra teacher Caleb Carter was arrested for allegedly raping an underage student while he was teaching at Round Rock High School.
Stony Point High School teacher Domingo Perez was arrested in 2024 and charged with multiple child sex crimes. In December 2025, Perez pleaded guilty to having “improper” relations with a student in exchange for deferred adjudication, meaning he will serve no jail time.
Thousands of Texas educators have been reported to the TEA for sexual misconduct.
The TEA’s Educator Misconduct Reporting Dashboard shows that the agency is currently investigating more than 2,000 sexual misconduct complaints and opening an average of 250 new cases each month.
