CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A Cedar Rapids school is responding to concerns about a staff member who previously faced criminal charges of having sex with an underage student, even though that charge was later reduced as part of a plea deal.
Noah Padilla is a substitute teacher who has worked at Taft Middle School. He also coaches Jefferson wrestling.
Padilla was arrested in 2023 in California for unlawful sex with a minor. News articles detail a relationship with a 17-year-old student at the school where he worked, with the San Bernadino Sheriff suggesting there may be more victims…