{"id":1455365,"date":"2025-11-04T20:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1455365"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:31:07","slug":"kilgore-isd-aide-gets-deferred-adjudication-for-misconduct-with-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1455365","title":{"rendered":"Deferred adjudication for misconduct with student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/kayla-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1455367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/kayla-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/kayla-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/kayla.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>KILGORE \u2014 A former Kilgore ISD instructional aide has received 10 years of deferred adjudication after pleading guilty to having an improper relationship with a student. According to our news partner KETK, 34-year-old Kayla Nicole O&#8217;Dell of Gladewater pleaded guilty Tuesday morning of the misconduct charge. As part of her sentence, O\u2019Dell faces a potential prison term of 2 to 20 years if she violates the terms of her probation. She was also ordered to pay $1,000 in court fees, and her teaching certificate has been permanently revoked.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kilgore ISD, the district launched an internal investigation in early January 2025 after receiving allegations of possible educator misconduct involving O\u2019Dell, who had worked as an instructional aide since August 2023. She resigned from her position on Jan. 7, 2025. O\u2019Dell\u2019s deferred adjudication means that, if she successfully completes her probation, she will avoid a formal conviction; however, any violation of its terms could result in imprisonment for up to 20 years. Additionally, O\u2019Dell will not be forced to register as a sex offender. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KILGORE \u2014 A former Kilgore ISD instructional aide has received 10 years of deferred adjudication after pleading guilty to having an improper relationship with a student. According to our news partner KETK, 34-year-old Kayla Nicole O&#8217;Dell of Gladewater pleaded guilty Tuesday morning of the misconduct charge. As part of her sentence, O\u2019Dell faces a potential &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1455365\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deferred adjudication for misconduct with student<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1455727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/kayla-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 12:44:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/kayla-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1455365"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456173,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455365\/revisions\/1456173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1455727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1455365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1455365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1455365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}