Police: First Coast High teacher sought inappropriate relationship with student Updated: Tags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A First Coast High science teacher accused of soliciting a romantic relationship with a student is facing a criminal charge. Gretchin Thompson, 27, is charged with offenses against students by an authority figure. According to information from the First Coast High principal, the school was alerted earlier this year that Thompson might be engaged in inappropriate communications with a student. In a statement to First Coast High parents, Principal Justin Fluent said Thompson, a ninth grade science teacher, was reassigned to duties that did not involve student contact and an internal review was opened.