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High school teacher arrested on investigation of rape

That's the oddest thing I've ever heard coming from a police department!

"As always, these charges are merely allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty,"

I am reading more and more of this type of crime in our public schools. Perhaps the U.E.A. should have a special training session on sexual abuse involving teachers and students. I know it would make me a little more comfortable sending my kids to public school.

Maybe it is a reminder to everyone. About 2 years ago a friend of mine was charge similarly. He was proved innocent. But before any court trials, readers from this newspaper were ready to castrate and hang him. If the person is guilty then proper punishment should happen. Unfortunately, we put these stories in the news before finding them guilty. We punish on allegations. No story was published about him being innocent, just the allegations of the wrong.

She is innocent until found quilty, but if she is found quilty she will get a slap on the wrist and no jail time just like the female teacher from Cyprus High School. It has been pointed out many times that if this were a male teacher having sex with either a boy or girl student he would probably get 15 years to life in prison. Our justice system is not equal or fair. The attitude persists that male boys are not really victims and that adults can do with them whatever they wish.

Yeah, so strange that the police would make a correct statement of the law! Unbelievable.

Would have been nice if the paper had reported the students age. Would guess this happened at the high school, so the student could be 18. Happened here in Texas. Student was 17 and at the age of consent, but it was against the law because she was a teacher. Who cares??? Just your tax dollars going down the drain.

Has that comment ever been made when a Male teacher is accused?? Not that I know of.

Eric C.

Yes, it is so odd that a correct statement of the law would come forth from the police department. Crazy.

You know what would solve this problem? Vouchers and more tax cuts!

I'm sure the male student "victim" is just destroyed by this so-called relationship with the teacher. Legally they are not liable, because they are not of age, but in incidents like these, I wonder what culpability the male students have. Unless there are some mental development issues involved, I'm sure he knew exactly what he was doing and was a willing participant in it. That, of course, does not excuse the teacher's actions.

I wonder who will get more jail time the Teacher that raped a student or Warren Jeffs who arranged an underage marriage, or will it be the teenage husband of the cheating teenage bride.

My bet is that the teacher will get no jail time. In fact it will probabbly get plead down to some small time offense. After all she is not a polygamist or a man.

She will get a slap on the wrist if she is convicted. If she were a man she would get 20 to 30 years.

This is why the Sex. off. registry etc. is overkill. About 90% of sex crimes are in family or with close associates.

training so you feel your kids are safe at school!!!there is training at the beginning of each year and sometimes along the way. i know that teachers have a position of trust, so do religious leaders, scout leaders, cops, whatever. kids need to be safe WHERE EVER they are, not just school. Females need the same sentences that males receive. No one is above the law. Those who are found innocent, need the news coverage to vindicate them. These are not minor charges and ruin lives of ALL concerned.

People can't puncutate, do basic math, or name the fifty states anymore, but they CAN do this!
Impressive!

Wow! No wonder that boys (AND men) who have been abused and/or raped won't come forward and tell their stories; just look at the incredible bias.

I'm going to change a couple of words in your paragraph and see how your attitude might change.

"I'm sure the female student "victim" is just destroyed by this so-called relationship..." "in incidents like these, I wonder what culpability the female students have.." (Maybe like baring their breasts in low-cut tops for everyone to see?) AND, most inane of all, "unless there are some mental development issues involved, I'm sure she knew exactly what she was doing and was a willing participant in it". The utter insanity of your comments simply reflects your own ignorance and, MOST unfortunately, the general societal bias against males in situations like this. Just crazy!

Rich you must be one very naive person to really think that vouchers or tax cuts would solve this problem. Do you think that voucher funded schools are going to be any less vunerable to problems than a publicly funded school? Wow we know how you will vote. Explain to me how cutting funding from a school will fix this problem.

"Reader" I cannot believe the ignorance of your comment. Do you really think that the student (they have not identified gender yet) would have some culpability? If she is guilty, then she has taken advantage of a minor, someone who cannot consent legally. OUr laws protect minors because they do not have the ability to consent in the same way as an adult. If she is guilty, this teacher used her position of trust and authority to gratify herself. I also agree with the other comments made herein that if this were a male teacher, there would not be comments made like this. The bottom line is that if she did this, the student will mbe emotionally scarred, regardles s of whether the student was male or female.

I know for a fact she will lose her teaching license if she is quilty

This kind of thing has been going on since having school in class rooms began. The difference now is that there are laws making illegal and a rabid media eager to trumpet every little incedent, regardless of actual fact or cicumstance, before the whole world.

If you are worried about your child having a sexual relationship with a teacher then maybe you should do some parenting and address the issue with your child. Let's not predend like our high schools are being taught by a bunch of sexual predators because they aren't. In my opinion most cases involving high school students and teachers, like this one, are more about terrible judgement than being a sexual predator, or a victim of a sex crime.