Katy ISD board votes to terminate employment of high school teacher accused of owning child porn

KATY, Texas – The Katy ISD Board of Trustees voted to terminate a Tompkins High School teacher who was arrested and is accused of owning child pornography as well as taking candid photos of children and students.

The vote to fire James Paul Stone took place Monday afternoon in a special board meeting.

• Katy ISD high school teacher accused of owning child pornography, taking candid photos of students

In May, investigators found thousands of images of child pornography while searching Stone’s home.

Stone allegedly told detectives he’d been looking at child pornography his entire adult life and also admitted he’d taken candid photographs of children at local pools, at beaches as well as female students in his classroom.

• Katy ISD high school teacher arrested on child pornography charges

Prosecutors say Stone was sharing child pornography and they tracked him down through his IP address.

Stone had been teaching for approximately 20 years.

He is facing nine counts of possessing child pornography and seven of those are felonies.