A Collin County jury convicted Michael Christopher Songy, a 44-year-old Frisco resident and former Junior ROTC instructor at Rock Hill High School, of indecent assault on Tuesday, a Class A misdemeanor stemming from an incident with an 18-year-old student he had taught for two years. The verdict came a day after a jury trial began, and a sentencing hearing has been set for November 12.
According to the Dallas Morning News, the assault happened in a classroom supply closet at Rock Hill High School a week before the student's graduation, while Songy and the student were alone together. Per the Collin County District Attorney's Office, Songy initiated a hug with the student before touching her beneath her shirt. Prosecutors say he later gave her a sticky note with his phone number and, the following day, sent her a message asking her to return to his classroom.
The student reported the incident to a teacher and turned the note over to investigators, who recovered phone and computer evidence as part of the Prosper ISD police investigation that followed, the Dallas Morning News reported. Songy was arrested in 2025 in connection with the case.
A Jury Holds Songy Accountable
District Attorney Greg Willis said the jury's verdict held an adult accountable for violating a student's trust, according to the Dallas Morning News. Under Texas law, indecent assault is classified as a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $4,000, or both.
Separately, as reported by Texas Scorecard, the jury trial was held October 12 in Judge David Waddill's County Court at Law 7, with jurors delivering their verdict the next day on the December 2025 charge against Songy while an earlier charge was dismissed. Songy had been arrested in May 2025 on an initial indecent assault charge, and the second charge followed in December 2025.
Songy spent eight years in Prosper ISD, starting in 2017 as a science teacher at Reynolds Middle School before moving to Rock Hill High School in 2022, the outlet's reporting notes. Prosper ISD has told Rock Hill parents it no longer employs Songy and is cooperating with law enforcement. The district had previously rehired Songy for the 2024-25 school year following an earlier complaint, per the same outlet's reporting.
Lawsuit Tied Arrest to Broader Board Complaints
Songy's 2025 arrest was cited in a March 2026 lawsuit seeking the removal of five school board trustees, according to the Dallas Morning News. That lawsuit alleged the trustees failed to address administrative problems tied to sexual abuse, also pointing to a 2022 allegation that a district bus driver sexually abused two elementary school students and 2023 arrests of two coaches accused of failing to report sexual abuse allegations.
Prosper ISD has disputed the lawsuit's allegations and called the complaint politically motivated, the Dallas Morning News reported. A district spokesperson said filing a lawsuit does not mean its claims are accurate or substantiated.
State Oversight of Educator Misconduct
Songy's Texas Education Agency credentials are currently under review, Texas Scorecard reported. The State Board for Educator Certification is the state body responsible for disciplinary action against certified educators who violate professional standards, ethical requirements, or laws connected to their school duties, and it can impose certificate restrictions, reprimands, suspensions, or revocation, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Texas Scorecard cited TEA data showing the agency is currently investigating more than 3,000 educator sexual misconduct complaints statewide and opening an average of 250 new cases each month. The case arrives roughly a year after Texas lawmakers expanded accountability in this area: Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 4623, effective September 1, 2025, creating liability for public schools and professional school employees in cases of sexual misconduct involving students, per a notice from the Texas Education Agency.
Songy's case is not isolated within the region. A Little Elm ISD custodian was also arrested the same Wednesday referenced in earlier Texas Scorecard reporting, charged with continuous sexual assault of an elementary school student under age 14, and at least two other Texas JROTC instructors were reported to be facing child sex crime charges at the time of that reporting.
