NYC teacher accused of sexual relationship with mentally ill student

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A teacher is under investigation in The Bronx and Staten Island amid accusations she had a long sexual relationship with a mentally ill 16-year-old student at a school for children with special needs.

Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 33, a former NYC biology teacher who is married with three children, had sex with the teen in her car at least a dozen times, and sent him nude and erotic poses among scores of inappropriate texts, according to allegations by the boy’s mom and documents obtained by The Post.

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The mother said her son told investigators the two “fondled” each other sexually in class.
Casarez-Pinez also asked the student to lie to cover her tracks, the texts indicate.

Other evidence includes a recorded phone conversation, obtained by The Post, in which the boy asked Casarez-Pinez why she was “pulled out” of the school: “Did they see us having sex, or did they see me getting in the car? They didn’t see us having sex, so what’s the issue? .?.?. We hid from the cameras, though, right?”

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The teen suffers from a combination of schizophrenia and mood disorder, his mother said.

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“If my son was not an African-American boy, and the genders were reversed, you know the teacher would already be in handcuffs,” she said.

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