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Warner Christian Academy

A 17-year-old student at Warner Christian Academy who police say had a sexual relationship with his 45-year-old teacher will be allowed to remain at the private school as long as he meets certain conditions, the headmaster said Thursday.In addition, the 12th-grader will receive private counseling so he can “move on,” headmaster Mark Tress said.

“We have a very strict agreement plan in place for this boy that he must abide by so that he can graduate in May,” Tress said.

Wednesday afternoon, teacher Cynthia Horvath — who taught English and coached cheerleading at Warner Christian’s high school — was arrested inside the Walmart on Beville Road in Daytona Beach. She was charged with unlawful sex with a minor, after police said she engaged in a four-month sexual relationship with the teen.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal does not identify victims in sexual abuse cases.

Investigators said the sexual acts between the pair occurred in both Port Orange and Daytona Beach. Many of them took place in Horvath’s car in the parking lot of supermarkets and under the Dunlawton Bridge. When they weren’t in the car, the teacher and teen went to motels in Daytona Beach, the arrest report shows.

Horvath resigned Oct. 13 after Tress confronted her with allegations about the relationship. The headmaster learned of the affair from another teacher at the school, who in turn heard it from several of the boy’s classmates.

One of Horvath’s sons was a classmate of the teen, but the teacher’s son has since been pulled from the academy and placed in another school, Tress said.

“That was his parents’ choice,” Tress said.

Horvath also has a daughter in the elementary grades at the school, but that child will remain at the private South Daytona school, Tress said.

The students who reported their suspicions about Horvath and the high school senior told police they had seen several of the sultry text messages Horvath sent to the boy.

According to the arrest report, the fellow classmates said it was Horvath who first approached the teenager, telling him she “had feelings” for him. Many of the classmates also saw text messages that included the phrase, “I love having sex with you,” the report states.

Tress said the school is anxious to put this ordeal behind it and officials are considering whether they should provide counseling at the academy for any student who wants to discuss the issue.

“We do not want the students talking about this in the hallways. That’s not going to help us move on,” Tress said.

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