Former Kilgore ISD choir teacher gets 10 years for improper student relationship

KILGORE, Texas ( KETK ) – A former Kilgore ISD choir teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in connection to an improper relationship with a student case from 2022.

According to KETK’s 2022 reporting on the case , Phillip Nix, 38 of Seymour, was arrested in July of 2022 after the Kilgore Police Department started investigating him based on information received from Kilgore ISD.

Kilgore ISD told the police department about an improper relationship between Nix and a teenage student on March 1, 2021. Nix reportedly worked at Kilgore High School as their choir director from the fall of 2019 till the end of the 2021 school year when he resigned.

According to Gregg County court records, Nix pleaded guilty to one count of improper relationship between educator/student on Monday. His 10-year sentence starts Monday at the Gregg County Jail.

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