Meadows appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman, who scheduled his sentencing for Sept. 23. The plea came six days after Meadows was convicted in Clinton County Municipal Court of misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Meadows, 35, who has resigned from the school district, taught social studies and served as assistant football coach and head boys and girls track coach.
Meadows was charged with having sexual relations with the student, a 17-year-old girl, according to Union police Chief Michael Blackwell. The offenses happened in April and May, when Meadows was both her coach and her teacher, Blackwell said.
The investigation began after Clinton County deputies discovered Meadows and the girl, both partially unclothed, in a car parked in front of a deserted house June 23. According to police, the Union resident gave a false age to officers and briefly wrestled with them.
Seven days later, Montgomery County prosecutors filed two counts of sexual battery, a felony, against Meadows. Those counts involved the same former student.
In the Clinton County case, misdemeanor charges of obstructing official business and contributing to the delinquency of a minor were dismissed, according to court records. Meadows was fined $375, plus court costs, sentenced to a suspended 30 days in jail and ordered on supervised probation for two years.
Assistant County Prosecutor Erin Claypoole told Huffman the victim, now 18, and her parents, had been consulted and found the plea agreement favorable.
Huffman allowed Meadows to stay free on his own recognizance, but ordered him to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
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