WATERBRUY, Conn. (WFSB) – A Waterbury Public Schools teacher accused of sending inappropriate messages to a 16-year-old student is due in court Tuesday morning.
Philip Hughes, 42, was arrested last month and posted a $50,000 bond.
He is charged in connection with messages sent to a student through a band communication app and text messages.
Hughes began working for Waterbury Public Schools at the end of March last year as a technology education teacher and assistant band director. Nine months later, he was placed on administrative leave.
The student’s mother contacted police after her daughter received inappropriate messages from Hughes.
The district said it placed Hughes on administrative leave at the end of December after officials first learned of the allegations from the teen’s parent.
Arrest documents do not identify which Waterbury school Hughes was employed at.
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