CHULA VISTA, Calif.—A National City elementary school teacher who allegedly groomed and committed sex acts upon one of her former students March 13 pleaded not guilty to 15 felony counts, including forcible lewd acts on a child and possession of child pornography.
Jacqueline Ma, a sixth-grade teacher at Lincoln Acres Elementary School who won San Diego County’s “Teachers of the Year” in 2022, was initially arrested last Tuesday after a parent suspected her 13-year-old son was “possibly having an inappropriate relationship with a former teacher,” according to the National City Police Department.
