CROWN POINT | A teacher's aide and assistant girls track coach at Edison High School in Lake Station has been charged with two counts of having sex with a 15-year-old female student.

Jose Elizondo II, 20, who lists both Lake Station and Merrillville addresses, faces 11 years in prison if convicted of two felony counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Elizondo worked full time as a para-professional teacher's aide in the special education department at Edison High School, recently filed Lake County court records say. Edison High School Principal Bruce Busch told investigators that prior to that job, Elizondo was a substitute teacher at Edison, court records say. Elizondo also served as the assistant track coach.

Busch did not return a call Monday from The Times regarding Elizondo's employment status.

The girl's mother called Lake Station police March 27, reporting that her daughter sneaked out of her Lake Station home several times to meet Elizondo, court records say. The girl told her mother she had sexual intercourse with Elizondo at least twice, police allege.

The woman told police she caught her daughter sneaking out of the house in the early morning hours of March 24, court records say. The woman said she then called Elizondo to tell him to stay away from her daughter, and he hung up on her.

Police said the teen told them that the first time she and Elizondo had sex was about two months ago. They were in Elizondo's bedroom watching movies when they started kissing, reports say.

The two discussed the girl's age, she said. Elizondo told the girl it was wrong for them to have sex and asked her if she felt he was forcing her, court records say.

On one occasion, Elizondo picked the girl up in a van and drove to a parking lot behind an apartment complex, court documents say.