Martin Reyes Jr., a first-grade teacher at Sunrise Elementary School in Boyle Heights, has been charged with sexually assaulting six female students.Price worked as a substitute and assistant football coach at Poly starting in August 2022 and served as a substitute teacher at Hoover Middle School between December 2022 and June 2023, according to the Long Beach Unified School District.
“The school district immediately removed Mr. Price as assistant coach and substitute teacher when we were notified of his arrest. Mr. Price will not be returning to LBUSD due to the pending charges against him,” said Evelyn Somoza, a school district spokesperson. Price was a student at Long Beach Poly and played cornerback and safety. He graduated in 2013. He was recruited to play at the University of Arizona and played a few games there before transferring to Azusa Pacific University, where he played linebacker until 2018.
The Los Angeles Unified School District said it had no record of Price working at any of its schools. Authorities asked anyone with additional information to reach out to the LAPD’s Juvenile Division’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit at