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A 64-year-old kindergarten teacher in Waco, Texas, was reportedly charged with a felony after she allegedly injured a 5-year-old student during an incident in her classroom earlier this year.

The incident reportedly took place on January 8 at an elementary school in Waco. Authorities stated that the teacher had briefly stepped out of the classroom and returned to learn from a school aide that a student had allegedly broken a pencil while she was gone. According to an arrest affidavit, she then reportedly confronted the child about the situation.

The affidavit alleges that the teacher grabbed the boy’s arm, twisted it behind his back, and forced him out of his chair. Authorities further stated that she allegedly used her knee against the child’s back to push him into a corner of the classroom as a form of punishment. The child reportedly suffered an arm injury during the incident.

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A 58-year-old kindergarten teacher in Wisconsin was placed on administrative leave after the authorities began investigating allegations of cocaine possession at an elementary school in New London.

It was reported that the investigation was opened after an individual contacted a school resource officer at Lincoln Elementary School to report concerns about the teacher’s behavior. The individual reportedly claimed that the teacher had recently been acting differently and appeared unfocused. The person also allegedly reported finding a white powdery substance on a bathroom counter inside the teacher’s classroom and said they saw used tissues with blood on them in a trash can.

According to the authorities, the school principal had previously been made aware of concerns about the teacher’s behavior. The principal reportedly indicated that the students were not believed to be at risk.

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A 27-year-old high school teacher in west-central Florida is facing criminal charges after she was accused of developing a relationship with a student that allegedly led to them having sex in her classroom.

According to reports, a science teacher at Riverview High School and one of the enrolled students started texting each other and sharing personal information last September. As things progressed, the texts reportedly became inappropriately sexual in nature, and recently, the pair allegedly began having sex. On May 16, another student at the school who claimed they knew about the reportedly ongoing sexual relationship between the teacher and pupil notified the authorities to report the situation. Deputies from the Hillsboro County Sheriff’s Department began conducting an investigation.

The student who was allegedly intimate with the teacher spoke to the authorities, and it was reported that he told them he and the woman had intercourse multiple times in the past few weeks, including on the morning of the interview. He alleged that they were together in her classroom before the school day officially started, and they had sex before the other students arrived.

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A married special education teacher at a high school in northeastern Illinois was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a classroom last December.

On March 15, the mother of a teenage boy who attends Downers Grove South High School was setting up her teenage son’s new cell phone when she spotted disturbing messages containing discussions about sex. The other party, believed to be the teen’s soccer coach and tutor, allegedly messaged the boy about how much she liked their physical encounter. According to reports, the alleged connection between the two started in a classroom on campus before a tutoring session. The boy reported that he later realized it was wrong and ended things with her. His mother reported the situation to the police, and an investigation was opened.

On March 16, the woman and her husband were pulled over by Downers Grove police while driving in Chicago, and she was told to get out of the vehicle. The woman, who was visibly upset and crying, was taken into custody. She is expected to face charges of two felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one felony count of criminal sexual assault against a minor. She was released with the condition that she is not allowed to enter the high school or have contact with anyone age 18 or younger.

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A Washington elementary school teacher and her husband were arrested on school grounds when the woman was allegedly found in her classroom high on narcotics, and the man was reportedly high in the parking lot with their toddler.

According to reports, during the school day on May 16, a 35-year-old teacher was in her classroom at Spotswood Elementary School in Fredericksburg. Her husband and 2-year-old child were on the campus, but they were inside a vehicle in the parking lot.

A school resource officer saw the teacher and asserted that she was altered. Her classroom was searched, and they allegedly found narcotics. Since the resource officer thought the woman was on drugs, it was believed that they were hers. All the children were assessed as a precaution, and they were all reported as unharmed.

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The father of a high school student in New Jersey is facing multiple charges after he allegedly got aggressive with students who he believed had been harassing his daughter.

Late in the morning on March 11, the father of a girl who attends Paulsboro High School in Gloucester County reportedly decided to go to the campus to take his daughter out of her classroom. According to reports, the man believed another student had been giving her a hard time.

It was reported that when the man got to the school, instead of just picking up his daughter, he reportedly walked into the classroom and confronted the boy he believed was bothering her, insisting that the student owed his daughter an apology. The teen told the allegedly angry dad that he didn’t do anything wrong. The man allegedly responded with foul language and insisted that he apologize. When another student in the class tried to get involved on behalf of his classmate, the man allegedly began yelling at him, as well. It was speculated that the man grabbed the student by the arm during the encounter.

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A teacher in New Jersey is facing multiple charges after allegedly overdosing on Fentanyl in front of the students in his middle school class.

At the beginning of the school day on November 29, a 57-year-old art teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield, New Jersey, was in his middle school classroom with his students.

Around 9:00 AM, the students saw the man fall onto the floor.

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A high school social studies teacher in New Jersey is facing sex charges after he reportedly rented a hotel room to have intimate relations with an underage former student.

According to reports, a man from Absecon, New Jersey, who has been a public employee for approximately thirteen years is employed as a social studies teacher at Atlantic City High School.

It was reported that the instructor had been spending time with a 17-year-old student both outside of school and inside the classroom.

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A teacher in Florida was accused of assaulting one of the school’s students two days after she received the Teacher of the Year award.

60-year-old Caroline Melanie Lee is an English teacher at Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School in the Jacksonville area. Last week, she was awarded Teacher of the Year by Duval County Public Schools.

It was reported that a minor who attends the school disagreed with the choice to appoint Lee Teacher of the Year, and the girl posted something on Instagram to express her displeasure.

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A substitute teacher in Georgia is facing felony charges after allegedly recording herself while masturbating in front of her classroom of students.

30-year-old Amelia Ressler is a mother from Carroll County, Georgia.

Ressler used to work as a substitute teacher at the Mt. Zion Elementary School in Carrollton, but the length of her employment there has not been disclosed.

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