We've got another one:
http://www.theargusonline.com/Storie...355060,00.html
No pics yet though. You know, we've had quite a few cases like this over the summer. I can't wait for the school season to start going full swing again.
REMONT -- A teacher at Kennedy High School has been charged with having sex with one of her students and is set to appear in court Sept. 3 for a pre-trial hearing.
LaDonna Rangel, 35, an English and world history teacher at Kennedy since 1996, was charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a male student in May, court records show.
She was arrested July 20, charged three days later and has been out on $20,000 bail, court records show.
It was a case of consensual sex at the woman's house, police Sgt. John Liu said.
Police were not sure of the relationship between the 16-year-old boy and the woman, he said. "We don't know if there was any courtship," he said, adding that it appeared to be one incident and only with that student.
Police were tipped off in June after a Kennedy employee told police that a teacher had sex with a student, Liu said.
A police investigation led to Rangel's arrest and her departure from the school district.
District policy states that any employee accused of a crime is placed on leave pending further investigation or court proceedings, said Gary Leatherman, communications director for the school district.
If found guilty of a crime, an employee could be terminated, he said.
Leatherman would not comment on the details of Rangel's departure.
A judge is expected to decide in October if Rangel's case should go to trial.
In a statement released Monday, Superintendent John Rieckewald said student safety is a priority for the district.
"The safety and well-being of our students and staff is paramount to the
district. Trust between a teacher and students is essential to the learning environment and the mission of the district," he wrote.
"We are deeply concerned about the impact of this incident on the student victim and the trust the student has in school personnel. ... We want to reassure everyone that it is an isolated incident and an aberration."
Kennedy Principal Vivienne Paratore would not comment Monday, stating the case was a personnel matter. She referred all questions to the school district.
Calls to Rangel's attorney, Harry Singer, were not returned Monday.
Rangel's case comes shortly after the release of Mary Kay Letourneau, 42, a former teacher in Washington state who pleaded guilty to two counts of child rape in 1997.
In that case, Letourneau, then 34, had a relationship with a then-12-year-old boy and bore two of his children.
Letourneau received six months in jail after her plea, but violated a court order to stay away from the boy. She spent 71/2 years in prison before she was released Aug. 4. She is being allowed to visit the father, now an adult.