Police accuse Atlanta-area high school teacher of offering to pay one student to kill another . Attorney : Atlanta , Georgia ( CNN ) -- A suburban Atlanta high school teacher has been accused of pursuing a `` hit '' on a 16-year-old student last month , and the case is under investigation by local authorities . The teacher had once asked the alleged target , 16 , whether he was gay . He said no and that she shouldn't be allowed to teach him because it would make her a bad influence on his friends. Forde was joking , and no name was passed , TV station quotes his attorney as saying .
Police accuse Atlanta-area high school teacher of offering to pay one student to kill another . Attorney : The teacher had once asked the alleged target , 16 , whether he was gay . He said no and that she shouldn't be allowed to teach him because it would make her a bad influence on his friends. Forde was joking , and no name was passed , TV station quotes his attorney as saying .