PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A former Pittsburgh Public School teacher is now in police custody, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an 11-year-old girl in which they reportedly exchanged hundreds of texts and were planning to run away together. 
 
 The teacher, identified as 29-year-old Geraldine Alcorn, is facing a number of charges including criminal attempt – interference with the custody of a child, luring a child into a motor vehicle, and corruption of a minor. 
 
 She was a teacher at Beechwood Elementary School in Beechview. 
 
 According to the criminal complaint, Alcorn alleged exchanged some 2,400 texts with the female student over a span of two weeks. They also kept the relationship a secret from the girl’s mother. 
 
 Alcorn was placed on administrative leave when the school district found out about the texting, and she subsequently resigned her teaching position. 
 
 Alcorn reportedly taught the girl in several of her classes. 
 
 According to the criminal complaint, police found out about the texting when the girl’s mother discovered the messages on her daughter’s iPod. Police said Alcorn had at least one conversation with the girl about adopting her, and they also allegedly discussed running away together. 
 
 Heather Lattner, the mother of a 6-year-old girl who attends a Pittsburgh school, said, “I just don’t understand. Where are [the district’s] background checks of teachers? 
 
 “The district should better scrutinize these potential employees,” Lattner added. “It seems people just don’t care anymore.” 
 
 The criminal complaint reports the girl’s mother found Alcorn in her home without her permission. She also allegedly found post-it notes and letters written by the girl to Alcorn with the headings: “Things Ms. Alcorn and I can do,” “What we can do,” and “When we can do it.” 
 
 Alcorn is also accused of luring the girl into her home, according to the criminal complaint. 
 
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 Twenty-eight-year-old Geraldine Alcorn was arraigned Wednesday on charges of child luring, corruption of minors and attempting to interfere with custody of the child. 
 
 Alcorn posted her $100,000 bond Wednesday evening but was warned that if she contacts the alleged victim in any way, her bond will be revoked. 
 
 Channel 11 News reported that the 11-year-old student’s mother said 2,400 text messages were exchanged between her child and the Beechwood Elementary School teacher over a two-week span. 
 
 According to police, the texts expressed “deep love” between Alcorn and the student. The pair talked about Alcorn adopting the 11-year-old, texting that they would be “on the run” for a while. 
 
 Police said after the girl's mother discovered the messages on her iPod, she found handwritten letters in her daughter's school binder labeled "Things Ms. Alcorn and I can do," "What we can do" and "When we can do it." 
 
 Neighbors told Channel 11 Wednesday that they saw Alcorn on the front porch of the 11-year-old girl’s house but always assumed she was an aunt or relative. 
 
 Police said in addition to Alcorn showing up at the girl’s home, she allegedly brought the 11-year-old to her home in Bloomfield. 
 
 Pittsburgh Public Schools officials said staff "were made aware of concerns that a teacher had developed an improper attachment" with the student and was suspended. Alcorn resigned March 2. 
 
 Police said Alcorn still tried to contact the girl after that despite knowing police and school officials were investigating and having been warned by police to not contact the student. 
 
 Alcorn returned to the school on Friday, March 13, to collect her personal belongings, and on the following Monday, the girl found "gifts and several letters, some encrypted, in her locker and desk," according to the criminal complaint. "The letters, written by Alcorn, instructed the 11-year-old female to contact her." 
 
 Alcorn hid her phone number on a math worksheet by telling the girl to dial numbers that had been circled, police said. 
 
 Police don't believe Alcorn's attraction to the girl was sexual, but say she continued to leave gifts and letters for the girl at school, even after resigning. 
 
 Frank DeMarco, whose daughter also had Alcorn as a teacher, said the 28-year-old was well-liked and would play "Trivia Crack," a popular smartphone app, with her students. 
 
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| A former Pittsburgh elementary school teacher is accused of being "obsessed" with one of her 11-year-old students, sending the girl thousands of text messages over a period of two weeks, and planning to run away with (and possibly even adopt) her. 
 
 Geraldine Alcorn, 28, was charged Wednesday with "child luring, corruption of minors and attempting to interfere with custody of the child," Pittsburgh's WPXI reported. She's currently free on a $100,000 bond and forbidden from contacting the child. 
 
 Police say that Alcorn's texts to the alleged victim—2,400 of them in just two weeks, according to the girl's mother—showed a "deep love" between teacher and student, and mentioned going "on the run" together. 
 
 And it (allegedly) gets creepier! Per WPXI: 
 
 Police said after the girl's mother discovered the messages on her iPod, she found handwritten letters in her daughter's school binder labeled "Things Ms. Alcorn and I can do," "What we can do" and "When we can do it." Neighbors told Channel 11 Wednesday that they saw Alcorn on the front porch of the 11-year-old girl's house but always assumed she was an aunt or relative. 
 
 Alcorn also allegedly brought the girl to her own home at some point. 
 
 Alcorn was suspended by Pittsburgh Public Schools in early March; she resigned, then stopped by her former school to collect her things. Afterward, the girl found "gifts and several letters, some encrypted, in her locker and desk," according to court documents. 
 
 By "encrypted," police mean that Alcorn allegedly circled the digits of her phone number on the girl's math worksheet. 
 
 "Police don't believe Alcorn's attraction to the girl was sexual," WPXI reports. 
 
 [h/t OpposingViews, Photo: WPXI]
– An elementary school teacher is in hot water after allegedly developing a secret relationship with her 11-year-old student, WPXI reports via Gawker. Geraldine Alcorn, 28, was arraigned last week in Pittsburgh on charges that include corruption of minors and child luring, and freed on $100,000 bond. She was also warned to keep away from the child, and little wonder: The Beechwood Elementary School teacher is accused of planning to adopt and "run away" with the girl, whose mom says letters in the girl's schoolbook had labels like "Things Ms. Alcorn and I can do" and "When we can do it." Police say Alcorn hid her phone number in the girl's math worksheet (by circling the relevant numbers) and even took the child to the teacher's Bloomfield home. Pittsburgh Public Schools officials learned about an "improper attachment" and suspended Alcorn, who resigned March 2. But after Alcorn returned to school to pick up her belongings on March 13, the girl discovered "gifts and several letters, some encrypted, in her locker and desk," says a criminal complaint. "The letters, written by Alcorn, instructed the 11-year-old female to contact her." Police don't believe the relationship was sexual, and say that text messages between the two—including 2,400 in just two weeks—express a "deep love" on both sides. As for who's at fault, a local mom points to the school district: "Where are background checks of teachers?" she asks CBS Pittsburgh. "The district should better scrutinize these potential employees. It seems people just don’t care anymore." (This teacher was jailed for showing students a raunchy film.)