Teacher quits, leaves family, moves in with teen student

MODESTO, Calif. (By Joe Borlik, WGHP) — A California teacher quit his job, left his wife and kids, and moved in with an 18-year-old student less than half his age, saying he knows “she’s the one.”

The relationship between James Hooker, 41, and high school senior Jordan Powers shocked loved ones and community members, and prompted police to launch an investigation into whether there was inappropriate contact between the two before Powers turned 18 last September.

In the meantime, the teenager’s mother has waged a campaign on her Facebook page and in the media to publicly shame the man she called “an arrogant pervert.”