BARTOW — Authorities arrested a 29-year-old teacher after they say he promised a student an ‘A’ in his course in exchange for oral sex.

Arrested was Isaac N. Tillis of Highland City, a Bartow High School teacher.

According to the arrest report:

On Tuesday, a 16-year-old girl asked Tillis how she could improve her grade through additional credit work. He told her he could assign her additional work but in return she would have to "do something for him.” When she asked what that meant, he whispered "blow job” while making a motion with his hand toward his mouth.

Shortly thereafter, authorities say Tillis wrote the girl a corridor pass and a note stating he would give her an ‘A’

in exchange for a blow job. The girl told the teacher she did not do those kinds of things.

The girl told authorities, who equipped her with audio surveillance Wednesday. She agreed to meet the teacher at the end of the school day.

After school, he told her to follow him to the teacher’s lounge, which was vacant. He soon after led her to an adjacent bathroom there, pulled down his pants and told her to perform oral sex.

Bartow police arrested Tillis Wednesday at school after the girl spoke a predetermined cipher into the recording system.

Tillis is charged with solicitation of a minor.

– Melanie Ave, Times Staff Writer

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