POSTED: 11:42 am EDT October 16, 2008 UPDATED: 11:50 am EDT October 16, 2008

 

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- The Cobb County grand jury has indicted a former teacher on one count of sexual assault.

 

Steven Parkman, 32, was the orchestra director at Harrison High School in Kennesaw.

 

Parkman’s charged with having sexual contact with a 17-year-old student. Officials told Channel 2's Ross Cavitt that the case against Parkman is not a rape case.

 

"If you look at the definition by code section of sexual assault, a person commits that crime when such person has supervisory or disciplinary authority over another person. So because she was a student at the school and he was a teacher, it makes that the appropriate charge," said Officer Cassie Reece with the Cobb County Police Department.

 

Parkman resigned from his job at Harrison High School after the allegations came to light in April.

 

In addition to being the former director of the orchestra at Harrison High, he was also the chairman of the Fine Arts department at the school and was named the STAR Teacher for the 2007-2008 school year.

 

There is no word yet on his next court date.