South Carolina School psychologist Megan Snipes arrested after 16-year-old's Mom finds sexually explicit messages between them on son's phone

Usually I report on teachers engaging in sex with students.  This is the first story I’ve found involving a school psychologist.  This is very disturbing and attention needs to be paid to other school psychologists.  

Daily Mailreports a school psychologist in South Carolina was arrested on Friday after the parent of one of her students found sexually explicit messages between the two on her son's phone. 

The 16-year-old student had been attending regular counseling sessions with Battery Creek High School psychologist Megan Snipes, 28.

In the course of their investigation, police found that Snipes did engage in a sexual act with the victim in the area of Bob Jones Field on Jones Avenue in the town of Beaufort.

According to the report, the unspecified sexual act that occurred on October 18 was consensual and Snipes did not use aggravated coercion or force.

This was the second arrest in two weeks involving a Beaufort district employee who is accused of inappropriate sexual acts with a student.

A long-term substitute at Hilton Head Island High School was fired after her arrest earlier this month. 

Snipes has been placed on administrative leave by the Beaufort County School District, pending an internal investigation which means she continues to be paid her $46,012 salary.

Snipes was a certified employee meaning she can't be terminated without the approval of the school board and the next board meeting if scheduled for January 7.

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