GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) – On April 23, a former female Gridley school teacher pleaded no-contest to having sex with a 14-year-old male student in June 2021.

Michelle Christine Solis, 46, of Gridley, appeared in Butte County Superior Court April 23 for her scheduled preliminary hearing on the sex charge, but instead changed her plea and admitted her guilt.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said the charges stem from conduct during the boy’s eighth-grade year at Sycamore Junior High School. Solis was the boy’s teacher. She “friended” him on Instagram and began messaging him in the weeks leading up to his graduation. Evidence showed that Solis sent the boy four explicit photos of herself before having sexual intercourse with him in a locked classroom on the day of the student’s 8th grade graduation.

Rumors and copies of the photos began to circulate in the Gridley community in October 2023. A Gridley Police investigation ensued, and investigators contacted the boy and reviewed the contents of his phone. There they found communication between Solis and the boy, including two explicit photographs of Solis that matched the descriptions the boy previously provided.

Gridley Police arrested her November 13, 2023, and she was immediately bailed from the Butte County Jail on a $15,000 bond.

Ramsey said as part of her plea, Solis stipulated that she would be registered as a sex offender and could face up to four years in state prison. Solis remains out on bail pending her sentencing at 1:30 p.m. on June 6.