Prior to his stint on "American Idol," Roberts worked as a physical education teacher at Crestwood Elementary School in Meridian, Mississippi, the school named in the rumors circulating online.

His mother, Nicole English, is a lifelong student of Spanish who was thrilled, along with his father, when they learned of a dual language program at Tampa’s Crestwood Elementary School.

TAMPA, Fla. — Crestwood Elementary School's Karmarie Rivera teaches in a dual-language classroom where her first-grade students learn in English and Spanish. Those around her say Rivera goes ...