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Visalia CA Sept 25 2012 A south valley teacher isbehind bars accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.Eric Ford is a teacher at Golden West High Schoolin Visalia.It started with a phone call, the information led Visalia police to Eric Ford, a business teacher at Golden West High School."We received a call of an inappropriate relationshipbetween a teacher at Golden West and a juvenile that went to that sameschool."Police haven't revealed many details, they say Ford had sexwith a 17-year-old student and it may have happened several times. Officersmade the arrest Sunday morning."It just makes me feel really uncomfortable," saidHaley Gregory, a sophomore at the school. She didn't have any classes with Fordbut says the news still bothers her. "They're supposed to teach us andthey're doing things with kids like people who I probably know from school...It'sjust weird."Her mom, Betty Aboytes says it's a violation of trust."These kids have enough stress, drama and chaos in the world, at home, atschool with friends, to be having to worry about a teacher seducing them? It'snot okay."Students who knew Ford say he's a good teacher. They say hiswife also works at the school and they have two daughters."It makes you wonder what's wrong with thatindividual."Parents like Jennifer Vandebrink have questions, questionsonly the school and police can answer. "It puts doubt in your mind, itputs doubt in security, it puts doubt in the school, in everybody. All theteachers because you wonder how long had it gone on."Eric Ford is expected to be in court soon.