An Alabama high school counselor was arrested Monday on allegations of sex with a student.

Jessica B. Herb, 39, is charged with two counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19, said St. Clair County Sheriff Billy Murray.

Herb is a guidance counselor at Ashville High School. School officials said she has been placed on leave.

Murray said Herb was arrested about 1 p.m. and booked into the St. Clair County Jail on bonds totaling $120,000.

No additional information was immediately available.