WV Teacher Fired for Inappropriate Texts to Boy

(Beckley, West Virginia) Following an investigation by the school system regarding alleged inappropriate behavior, a teacher at Trap Hill Middle School, Lori Lester, was fired.

The Raleigh County Board of Education voted unanimously to terminate Lester amid allegations that she sent inappropriate text messages to a male student.

Charleston attorney Brett Preston had accused Lester of sending inappropriate and sexually explicit text messages to Preston’s client, Lester’s 13-year-old student at Trap Hill Middle, in February and March.

The male student’s parents took him out of the school following the texts and home-schooled him for the remainder of his eighth-grade year.

The student's mother worked as a secretary for the school system at the time the alleged texts were sent, according to Preston.

The West Virginia State Police and Child Protective Services continue to investigate.