Atkins High Teacher Arrested on Sex Charges

A third-year English teacher at Atkins High School was arrested and charged Thursday with having an illegal sexual relationship with a student.

Authorities charged Amy Elizabeth Yarbrough, 32, of 2050 Brian Center Ct., with seven counts of sexual activity with a student and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a student. All of the charges are felonies.

According to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday, a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools administrator contacted the sheriff's office to report of an allegation of an inappropriate relationship between a teacher and student at Atkins.

Yarbrough, an English teacher at the School of Computer Technology at Atkins High School, was arrested Thursday night, the school system said in a news release.

Superintendent Don Martin suspended her without pay and will recommend to the school board she be dismissed.

Yarbrough was jailed under a $115,000 secured bond pending a preliminary hearing Jan. 8.

The sheriff's office said the investigation is ongoing.

The school system has scheduled a 3 p.m. news conference to take questions about Yarbrough and the arrest.