The campus of Hialeah Senior High School was rocked Tuesday by the news of an arrest of one its longtime teachers.
Police arrested 55-year old Misael Gonzalez, of Plantation, on multiple counts of lewd and lascivious battery and a series of molestation charges following an investigation by Miami-Dade Schools Police.
Gonzalez, who teaches English and English honors classes at the school, was booked into jail late Tuesday.
The accusations involve an alleged inappropriate relationship with a teenaged student.
According to an arrest report, the victim is a 10th grade student in Gonzalez’s English class.
The report states that she discussed issues she had been having with her father with her teacher, and the conversations eventually turned romantic in nature, “leading to the defendant touching the victim’s breasts, genitals, genital area, and buttocks.”
“The victim described to detectives how she and the defendant would communicate with each other in person to avoid leaving a trace of their communications on any electronic devices,” the arrest report stated. “The victim stated how the defendant would tell her they were in a boyfriend and girlfriend (romantic) relationship and how they loved one another.”
According to the report, the teacher and student engaged in sexual acts between September 2024 and February 2025, while the victim was 15 years old.
When she turned 16, they engaged in sexual intercourse, authorities said.
“The victim stated the defendant would meet her at her place of employment, she would get in his gray Tesla where they would talk and kiss,” the report stated. “The victim reported that she and the defendant took pictures together with her cellphone, but the defendant instructed her to delete the images, stating that ‘the ghosts of his past were coming back to haunt him.’”
Police said multiple sexual acts between the two occurred on campus, and the two also skipped school one day and spent the day at the beach together.
According to the arrest report, the school’s school resource officer became aware of the allegations after multiple students began talking to each other about it.
At the time of his arrest, Gonzalez invoked his right to remain silent without an attorney present, police said.
The district reacted to the arrest with a statement that read, in part:
“Miami-Dade County Public Schools is disturbed by the unsettling allegations made against this individual. This type of behavior will not be tolerated as it runs contrary to the professional conduct we expect from all employees. The District has initiated employment termination proceedings.”
Gonzalez is a former student of the high school himself who apparently returned years later to teach at his alma matter.
The campus is preparing for summer break.
Now students and faculty are forced to deal with this major development that has possibly forced the sudden end to a career for a longtime educator.
