By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

A former para at Hays High School was sentenced to 18 months of probation Monday after pleading no contest earlier this year to aggravated child endangerment.

Taylor Nicole Rogers was initially charged with unlawful attempted solicitation of a 17-year-old Hays High School student but pled to the lesser charge in November.

Court documents stated Rogers sent explicit images and offered to perform a sexual act on the teen but the teen refused.

Ellis County Attorney Tom Drees also said Monday that, as part of the plea agreement, Rogers was to take part in an alcohol and drug treatment program. Her attorney said she had already completed the program.

Rogers served as a para in charge of one of the Guided Personal Study classes at Hays High during the first semester of the school year. Her employment was terminated in January after the incident came to light.