Former teacher of the month accused of having sex with teen in backseat of her Jeep

A married one-time “teacher of the month” in Kansas is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student — including multiple times in the back seat of her Jeep.Art teacher Nicole Hernandez, 30, also known as Nikki Baird, allegedly groomed the boy she’d first met in a middle school before both moved to Wichita North High School, according to an affidavit seen by the Wichita Eagle.“He described how she befriended him, then isolated him from others” before the relationship allegedly turned sexual in early 2024, the affidavit stated.The physical contact “started as Baird touching or rubbing his back or shoulders,” before she began forcing him to give her hugs, according to the affidavit.Baird told the boy “her marriage was struggling” and gave him her personal cell number, the affidavit said.She also sent love letters, and “One letter said, ‘I hope and pray one day I get the chance to be with you’ and ‘I know that I love you,'” according to the affidavit.By the teen’s senior year, Baird allegedly started meeting him off school grounds, even getting him mom’s approval to go on a trip to an arts center, where she held his hand for the first time, the documents state.At school, the physical contact allegedly escalated, with Baird kissing the teen on the neck during their hugs and repeatedly asking him “if he wanted her to kiss him,” according to the affidavit.“He was nervous and eventually said yes,” the affidavit states.Baird told the boy to “act normal” and keep their relationship a secret, the student told investigators.She allegedly invited him into her office three times during his last week of school, ordering him to touch her while “saying things to encourage him to continue touching her,” the affidavit states.On graduation night, Baird allegedly asked the victim if he wanted to have sex in her car, after telling him to meet her in a random street, according to documents.“The student said he was nervous and felt ...