An elementary school teacher in North Dallas was arrested Wednesday morning after police say he sexually abused a female student.

Jorge Ruiz, 53, has been charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 and indecency with a child — sexual contact. He was being held in the Dallas County Jail on Thursday morning, with bail set at $200,000.

Authorities said he had no previous criminal record.

Police arrested Ruiz around 6:30 a.m. with help from the North Texas Fugitive Task Force. According to the Dallas ISD website, Ruiz is a prekindergarten instructor at Kramer Elementary School.

Ruiz has been placed on administrative leave, a statement from DISD said.

"We will continue to cooperate with authorities, and remain committed to providing a safe instructional environment for our students each day," the district's statement said.

The incident occurred about eight years ago when the victim was 7 years old, police said. A second victim is being interviewed, and there are potentially other victims, authorities said.

Police said other victims had come forward but still needed to be interviewed.

Anyone with more information about the case — or anyone else who is a victim — is asked to call police at 214-275-1300.

Last year, KERA featured Ruiz in a story about a Dallas ISD effort to get young students to speak in complete sentences.

"When they come, the first day of school, there's a silent period for most of them," Ruiz said. "So they're very shy. They are not very sure of what they're going to say and they don't have the vocabulary to say what they want to say."

Breaking News producer Tom Steele contributed to this report.