{"id":237597,"date":"2026-04-06T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237597\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:59:07","slug":"austin-montessori-school-teacher-arrested-for-aggravated-sexual-assault-of-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237597\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Montessori school teacher arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin ISD&#8217;s assistant superintendent of elementary schools said Carlos Ceniceros Nava was placed on administrative leave when the allegation was first reported.<\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A teacher at Winn Montessori School in Austin has been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the Winn community, Jennifer Pace, the district&#8217;s assistant superintendent of elementary schools, said Carlos Ceniceros Nava was arrested by Austin ISD Police Department officers. Pace said Ceniceros Nava has been a primary class teacher \u2013 teaching pre-K, pre-4 and kindergarten students \u2013 since November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Pace said Ceniceros Nava was placed on administrative leave when the allegation was first reported, and he has remained off-campus and had no contact with students throughout the AISD PD investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Pace said the district is limited on what it can say about the allegations and Ceniceros Nava&#8217;s arrest. The investigation is active, and anyone who believes they have relevant information is encouraged to contact AISD PD at 512-414-1703.<\/p>\n<p>Extra counseling and mental health services are available on campus Monday and will continue to be offered as needed throughout the week for any staff member in need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Staff members can also contact the Austin ISD Employee Assistance Program for free services available 24\/7 by calling 833-515-0762; Integral Care for 24-hour support for mental health crises or by appointment by calling 512-472-4357; or the Center for Child Protection for free counseling, medical, education and community services for students and families by calling 512-472-1164.<\/p>\n<p>Winn will also host a family meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, at the school&#8217;s library to hear from the community, share counseling resources and assess the need for additional support.<\/p>\n<p>Community members are asked to contact Principal Bridget Farr if they have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin ISD&#8217;s assistant superintendent of elementary schools said Carlos Ceniceros Nava was placed on administrative leave when the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-237597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}