Chad Allen Rodriguez
Charged, not convicted. Chad Allen Rodriguez faces a second-degree felony charge and is presumed innocent.
Introduction
Chad Allen Rodriguez, 38, is a physics and astronomy teacher and football and track coach at John Jay High School in San Antonio’s Northside Independent School District who was arrested on May 16, 2026, and charged with improper relationship between an educator and student — a second-degree felony punishable by two to twenty years in prison — over an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student . The San Antonio Police Department warned after the arrest that he may have more victims .
Background Information
Rodriguez had worked for Northside ISD since August 2016, teaching physics and astronomy and coaching football and track at John Jay High School. According to the arrest affidavit, the student told investigators she met Rodriguez in October 2025, when he was her coach and astronomy teacher, and that the relationship began with exchanges of messages and progressed from there .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Per the affidavit obtained by KSAT, a student spotted Rodriguez through a window on March 14, 2026, alone in his classroom with the girl, and told another student, who reported it to school staff; school surveillance video confirmed the student entering Rodriguez’s classroom as reported. The girl told investigators she and Rodriguez met regularly in his classroom, engaged in sexual intercourse there, and exchanged sexual photos and videos of themselves .
Rodriguez was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on May 16 with bond set at $50,000. Northside ISD said in a statement: “The district is aware of the allegations and subsequent arrest, and the employee has been placed on immediate administrative leave” .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The district’s immediate-leave decision kept Rodriguez off campus while the criminal case proceeds, and police publicly asked that anyone with information about additional victims come forward — an unusual step that signaled investigators believed the reported conduct might not be isolated . Local stations in San Antonio covered the arrest and the district’s response, and the case entered the Texas Scorecard tracker of educator sexual misconduct arrests in the state .
Current Status
Rodriguez has been charged but not tried; the charge is an allegation, and he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He remained on administrative leave from Northside ISD pending the outcome of the criminal case, and no trial date had been reported in the coverage of his arrest .
Impact on Their Career/Life
A decade into a Northside ISD career that spanned the classroom and three coaching assignments, Rodriguez is facing a felony that carries a potential two-decade sentence, a district investigation alongside the criminal one, and a police warning that additional victims may exist. Under Texas law, an educator arrested on such charges also faces state certification consequences that run independently of the criminal case’s outcome .