Kansas Teacher to Stand Trial After Judge Finds Evidence of Long-Term Grooming

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00:00Kansas teacher to stand trial after judge finds evidence of long-term grooming.

00:05A Kansas art teacher was ordered to stand trial on felony counts of unlawful S relations with a

00:10student. According to Fox News, Nicole Hernandez, 30, also known as Nikki Baird, appeared in court

00:16Tuesday, where a judge ruled she will face four felony counts of unlawful S relations with a

00:22student. The case centers on allegations that date back to the student's middle school years.

00:28He described how she befriended him, then isolated him from others, the affidavit stated.

00:33Both later moved on to Wichita North High School, where the student said the relationship

00:37intensified throughout his sophomore, junior, and senior years. Investigators say it began with

00:42small signs of overstepping boundaries such as unnecessary physical closeness or personal

00:47conversations and evolved into private communication about Baird's personal life. According to the

00:53affidavit, Baird sent the student notes expressing deep emotional attachment, including statements

00:58about hoping for a future with him. The communications concerned the student enough that he

01:03eventually saved some of them, knowing he could use them as evidence of what she did, the document

01:08said. Authorities became aware of the situation after a Wichita police detective saw an Instagram

01:13post suggesting Baird had engaged in inappropriate behavior with a former Wichita school district

01:18student. The affidavit says the student later recognized the pattern of behavior for what it was,

01:24manipulation. He eventually cut ties and informed his family, who turned over handwritten notes and

01:29other materials to law enforcement. Baird was arrested in May. With the judge's ruling this week,

01:35the case will proceed to trial, where prosecutors are expected to lay out the full timeline of

01:40alleged grooming and misconduct that spanned several years.