Overview
- Chase Liles resigned from Weatherford ISD on Wednesday, Aug. 5, and Weatherford Police arrested him the next day on Thursday, Aug. 6 on a felony charge of improper relationship between an educator and a student.
- Investigators say the allegation began with a Child Protective Services referral and that the student involved is 17 years old.
- Liles is being held at Parker County Jail on a $50,000 bond, according to jail records.
- Weatherford ISD says it worked closely with police and has notified the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and the State Board for Educator Certification while declining to release further details because of privacy laws and the active investigation.
- Public records show Liles held a Texas teaching certificate effective Jan. 2025 and listed as valid through Dec. 2030, and next steps may include criminal proceedings and separate state certification review that could affect his ability to teach.