Agree, she looked like she felt affection for him. Who knows why...perhaps she seduced him and he couldn’t resist. I knew a man who taught at some community college in San Francisco who said his female students would come to his office and offer sex in return for grades, even pulling up their shirts to advertise.....very tricky situation, because he would be at fault no matter what. .
Not saying this is what happened here, and certainly if it did, Cummins HAD TO act like a responsible adult and say no.
If I’m not mistaken, doesn’t this teacher have two grown daughters? Surely he knew how the mindset of a 15 year old could be.