Jennifer Massey
Introduction
Jennifer Massey, a 52-year-old art teacher at Davenport High School in Texas’ Comal Independent School District, was arrested in October 2024 after deputies found her with an underage male student inside a home under construction in Garden Ridge — and a year later she was charged with four additional child sex-crime felonies arising from the same case, including sexual assault of a child and trafficking of a person from a school. The initial charge — improper relationship between an educator and student, a second-degree felony — put Massey on administrative leave and out of the classroom; the July 2025 charges, each also second-degree felonies, exposed her to decades in prison. Her state teaching certificate, held since 2016, came under review by the Texas Education Agency as the case moved forward.
Background Information
Massey had been certified to teach art since 2016 and worked at Davenport High School, one of Comal ISD’s campuses in the San Antonio area. On the evening of Thursday, October 3, 2024, Comal County deputies were called to a home under construction in the 22000 block of Citadel Point in Garden Ridge on a suspicious-person report and discovered Massey along with an underage boy; a preliminary investigation found the two had engaged in sexual contact, the sheriff’s office said. Davenport High School Principal Angela Looney told parents in a letter that Massey had been placed on administrative leave and would not return to campus, writing, “The safety and security of our students is one of our highest priorities and a responsibility that we take seriously.” At the time of her second arrest, Massey was free on a $50,000 bond from the first case.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Charged, not convicted. Massey faces five second-degree felonies across two indictments; she has not been tried, and she is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Massey was booked into the Comal County Jail on October 3, 2024, and charged with improper relationship between an educator and student — punishable by up to 20 years in prison — then released the following day on a $50,000 bond. On July 2, 2025, she was arrested again and charged with four new felonies tied to the same 2024 arrest: sexual assault of a child, trafficking of a person from a school, and two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact, per Comal County jail records confirmed by the sheriff’s office to KSAT. All four new charges are second-degree felonies punishable by two to twenty years in prison each, and she was booked and released the same day on bonds totaling $125,000. Texas Scorecard counted Massey among seven state-certified Comal ISD educators accused of sexual misconduct in just the previous few years, part of what the outlet described as a much longer list of Texas school employees facing such allegations.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The school district distanced itself immediately: Comal ISD said at the first arrest, “The district does not condone inappropriate relationships between teachers and students. Ensuring the safety and security of our students is our top priority. We will continue to cooperate fully with law enforcement during their investigation.” Local coverage of the new charges in July 2025 revived attention on the case across the San Antonio and Comal County area, with KSAT noting the charges were directly related to the October 2024 arrest rather than new conduct. The trafficking-of-a-person count — arising from conduct on a school campus — drew particular notice in state-level coverage of the filing.
Current Status
Massey’s five charges were pending as of the most recent fetched coverage; no trial date, plea, or disposition appears in the record — the latest developments in the fetched set date to July 2025, when the four new charges were filed and she posted the $125,000 in bonds. Her Texas teaching certificate remained under review by the Texas Education Agency’s Educator Investigations Division, which opened a review of her certification after the first arrest.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Massey’s classroom career — a decade of state certification capped at a newest-generation Comal ISD high school — ended with the October 2024 arrest and the administrative leave that followed, and the July 2025 indictment ensured the case would follow her well beyond the district’s employment decisions. With five second-degree felonies pending, a cumulative potential sentence measured in decades, and a certificate review at the state level, the case stands as one of the most serious educator-misconduct prosecutions to emerge from the San Antonio-area suburbs in recent years.
Sources
- KSAT, “New charges filed in connection with Comal ISD teacher’s improper relationship with student arrest, records show,” Jul 3, 2025 — source
- Texas Scorecard, “New Sex Crime Charges Filed Against Former Comal ISD Teacher,” Jul 7, 2025 — source
- Dallas Express / Texas Scorecard, “San Antonio Teacher Busted in Alleged Affair with Student,” Oct 8, 2024 — source