A Manatee County teacher resigned while under investigation amid allegations he wrote an inappropriate letter and spent unsupervised time with an 11-year-old student.
Jarrett Williams, who taught fifth grade at Gullett Elementary School in Lakewood Ranch, submitted his resignation as the district investigates allegations involving a female student, according to school officials.
The girl’s mother, Ann Mitchell, discussed the allegations during public comment at Tuesday’s Manatee County School Board meeting. Mitchell told board members Williams spent about 45 minutes alone with her daughter on Valentine’s Day while the rest of the class was at the library and later gave her a handwritten letter…