Jarvis plea hearing postponed
A plea hearing has been postponed for a former Wichita Falls ISD choir director accused of having sex with a student at a high school, according to court documents.
Christopher Glenn Jarvis, 34, of Frisco was scheduled to enter a plea Tuesday morning, but the hearing has been reset for 8:30 a.m. May 31, in 78th District Court, according to court documents.
The plea was postponed because of a scheduling conflict.
Jarvis was still listed Tuesday as holding a valid teaching certification although he is under review by Texas Education Agency investigators, according to an online search of State Board for Educator Certification records.
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He is charged with improper relationship between an educator and a student in connection with a Dec. 7, 2017, allegation, according to court records.
The offense carries a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison.
Jarvis is suspected of having sex with a female student in a choir room closet while he was the choir director for Wichita Falls High School, according to allegations in court records.
A now-former female student told a Texas Ranger that she and Jarvis were romantically involved and had sex, according to allegations in court records.
Jarvis was arrested Sept. 4, 2020, and indicted in March 2021, according to court documents.
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His final date of employment with the district was May 29, 2021, and he resigned from WFISD, according to the district.
Jarvis' base salary was $52,128, and he earned a total of about $59,753 with stipends included, according to WFISD.
The district put him on paid administrative leave the week before his arrest when district officials learned of a Texas Rangers' investigation, according to WFISD officials.
Jarvis was to stay on leave while WFISD officials completed an internal investigation after his arrest, according to a Sept. 4, 2020, media release.
WFISD officials did not disclose information regarding the internal investigation, citing the confidentiality of employee records.
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