SAN JOSE — A longtime Leigh High School teacher has been arrested and jailed after a former student came forward to authorities to accuse him of raping her in the early 2000s, according to the San Jose Police Department.

Shawn Renee Thomas, 56, of Los Gatos, was arrested and booked Friday into the Elmwood men’s jail in Milpitas. He was initially held on $525,000 bail, with an arraignment scheduled Monday, records show.