A Klein, Texas high school teacher and her son face serious charges for allegedly trafficking students for sex work, authorities say. Kedria Grigsby, a cosmetology teacher at Klein Cain High School, and her 22-year-old son, Roger Magee, were arrested on counts of child sex trafficking and compelling prostitution involving three students.
In a revelation that has rocked the Klein Independent School District community, Grigsby is accused of leveraging her position to recruit reportedly runaways offering them hotel rooms, services paid for, it appears, with money generated from unspeakable acts. Court records detail incriminating text message exchanges between a female student and Magee about a Zelle payment for prostitution services, according to an article by Yahoo News. Grigsby's bond is set at $750,000, and terms of her release restrict her from contacting witnesses or having unsupervised contact with minors.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez painted a grim picture of the situation, articulating that the victims, between 15 to 17 years old, were all students where Grigsby taught. Following the arrest, multiple other teens have come forward, alleging attempts by Grigsby to recruit them as well. "Any behavior harming children is deplorable," Klein ISD stated in response to the events, affirming their cooperation with authorities in a letter obtained by FOX San Antonio.
Amid the law enforcement actions and the district's swift response to place Grigsby on administrative leave, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weighed in, suggesting that the dire situation exemplifies the need for school voucher programs. "What some of our educators are doing is criminal, and disgusting," he wrote on X. Voucher programs would provide families an alternative to traditional public education. Meanwhile, the aftermath of other recent scandals such as the indictment of two Denton district employees for illegal electioneering continues to rattle the posturing of Texas education and politics, as per FOX San Antonio's reporting.
What some of our educators are doing is criminal and disgusting.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) April 9, 2024
No child should be compelled by the state to be in a school like this.
And yet, current law doesn't allow the choice to go elsewhere.
I'm working to elect state representatives who will change that. https://t.co/sHdi062Jgx
The case, which has culminated in Grigsby being barred from Klein ISD, is part of a broader, relentless endeavour by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Trafficking Unit to combat exploitation. Magee, arrested in November 2022, remains in jail, as the community grapples with the horrors that unfolded behind the closed doors of what should have been a safe space for learning and growth.
