Former Vista Ridge teacher pleads guilty to improper student relationship

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A former Vista Ridge High School teacher pleaded guilty last month in a Williamson County court after she was accused of inappropriate interactions with her 15-year-old student in 2023, according to court documents.

Kirstie Noel Russell was charged with improper relationship between educator/student and received 10 years of deferred adjudication community supervision, court records said. Deferred adjudication is a type of probation, which gives the person...