Nicole Barnhart, 35, worked as a high school social studies teacher before she was arrested on felony sex assault charges for having sex with her 16-year-old student.
The Colorado teacher, who is married with two children, has admitted to the relationship and said the two became close because she worried he was having anger and alcohol problems. According to the police arrest affidavit, she told police she loved the teenage boy.
Barnhart has been charged with sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and sexual assault as a pattern of abuse.
According to the police affidavit, the boy is receiving counseling and may be suicidal.