Parents react to arrest of Miami Lakes teacher accused of sex crimes with student in North Carolina

Parents are reacting after a Miami Lakes professor was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant out of North Carolina Jordan Hawk was teaching her social studies class at the Miami Lakes K- Center when government arrested her on Tuesday Good morning ma am you have an arrest warrant from North Carolina commented Judge Mindy S Glazer during Hawk s court appearance Wednesday Hawk is accused of inappropriate conduct with a apprentice in North Carolina Felony indecent liberties with a minor four counts stated Glazer According to police Hawk was a lecturer at the time at Kannapolis Middle School north of Charlotte The grandmother of one of the alleged casualties discovered the disturbing behavior after finding love letters addressed to her grandson I detected two love letters that s how it all started mentioned an alleged victim s grandmother And I notified my daughter I reported This is inappropriate for a tutor to be telling a child that they love him and not to tell the other students She narrated News Hawk tried several times to keep in contact with her grandson She kept trying to reach out to him through Xbox social media basically started stalking him at that point she explained At the time he was -years-old That school s district stated Hawk quit in late March before the end of the school year As of July she still wasn t facing any charges and at various point according to personnel in North Carolina she moved to Florida State records show Hawk was certified to teach across Florida as of July Shortly after she began working at the Miami Lakes K- Center Police in North Carolina filed the charges against Hawk last week and contacted Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office to inform them of her outstanding warrant Parents of the Miami Lakes school were shocked to learn about Hawk s arrest I was honestly scared The first thing I did was research to figure out who this coach was and make sure she had no association with my child noted a concerned parent Other parents wondered why bureaucrats didn t find out about this sooner Why didn t they investigate her They should do that to every employee stated a concerned parent If you re gonna be a volunteer you have to go all through the system and get your fingerprints and stuff revealed another concerned parent I thought that they would ve done the same with teachers Miami-Dade School administrators say a background check was done for Hawk but because the charges against her hadn t yet been filed at the time there were no red flags Personnel also issued a comment confirming Hawk had been fired M-DCPS is cooperating with bureaucrats involved in this matter The individual s employment has been terminated and will be prohibited from future employment with this district As of now Hawk is still certified to work as a trainer in North Carolina according to official records I don t understand how this woman was able to move to Florida run to Florida and get another job around kids reported the alleged victim s grandmother On the Miami-Dade Schools website teachers interested in applying are required to submit transcripts and letters of recommendation before undergoing a background check It s unclear what records Hawk provided the county but News has put in a inhabitants records request to obtain that information As for Hawk she is expected to be extradited back to North Carolina sometime over the next days