had been arrested<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cFor this to happen at my school, I just feel bad,\u201d a student said Friday. \u201cLike, it\u2019s sad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plantation police said Christopher Santanelli, 42, had an inappropriate relationship with a student.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very creepy,\u201d a student named Jayce said. \u201cIt rubs my skin the wrong way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigators say the 18-year-old student reported the allegations more than two weeks before the arrest.<\/p>\n
According to police, in the days leading up to Christmas, Santanelli gave the student gifts and communicated with them by text.<\/p>\n
The student also told detectives that the teacher hugged and kissed them.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was kind of weird,\u201d Jayce said. \u201cI had his class. He\u2019s very awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parents were notified through a recorded message from the school\u2019s principal.<\/p>\n
In it, the principal says the teacher has been removed from the campus while the case is under review.<\/p>\n
On Friday morning, Santanelli made his first appearance in Broward bond court. The judge set his bond at $7,500.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a daughter who goes to this school and you gotta be aware of everything now and all the activities that (go) on over there,\u201d parent Michael Heera said.<\/p>\n
Santanelli has worked at the school for several years. School information listed him as the chorus director and a music instructor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m creeped out because he is a teacher and a grown man,\u201d a student said.<\/p>\n
A judge ordered that Santanelli have no contact with the alleged victim or any children except his own.<\/p>\n
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