A Covington man who was a Conyers high school teacher was arrested Friday on charges of a teacher having sexual contact with a student.

Leslie Howard Mosley, Jr., 36, of Covington, a fine arts teacher at Heritage High School, was booked into the Rockdale County jail on Friday and released on a $10,000 bond Monday morning.

According to a Rockdale County Sheriff's Office report, the school resource officer was called into the Heritage principal's office on Thursday in reference to allegations that Mosley was having "inappropriate contact" with a student in the school.

The sexual contact between Mosley and the 16-year-old student was consensual, according to initial reports said RCSO Investigator Michael Camp. The age of consent in Georgia is 16. However, Mosley still can be charged since he was in an administrative role as a teacher and the student was currently enrolled at the school.

The affair between Mosley and the 16-year-old student had been going on for at least this school year and appears to have been conducted off campus, according to Camp. Investigators still have more interviews to conduct but felt there was enough information from initial interviews on Friday to press charges.

Mosely submitted his resignation on Thursday. However, the school board could still choose to terminate him, according to Rockdale County Public Schools spokesperson Cindy Ball. Mosley began working with the school system in August 1999 and has been at Heritage since July 2006.

The case is still under investigation.