New Hope Teacher Indicted for sexual battery

Columbus Dispatch ^

[grandpa jones]

A New Hope math teacher pleaded not guilty to the sexual battery of a 17-year-old student Tuesday after she was indicted by a grand jury.

Katherine Robbins, of 4097 New Hope Road in Lowndes County, had been on administrative leave since allegations surfaced in March.

Robbins, who is married with two young children, is accused of having a sexual relationship with the male student over an extended period of time, according to sources at the school.

According to one of her students, Robbins often flirted with male classmates, even to the point of giving them hugs and inappropriately touching them in other ways.

Now that Robbins has been indicted, Lowndes County School District Superintendent Mike Halford said it was "pretty much a given" that she would be fired.

The case, which is still under a gag order by 16th District Circuit Judge Jim Kitchens, is scheduled for trial Aug. 22.

[grandpa jones]

not guilty

[Tax-chick]

Now that Robbins has been indicted, Lowndes County School District Superintendent Mike Halford said it was "pretty much a given" that she would be fired.

Now don't go out on a limb there, Mike, and overcommit yourself.

[WVKayaker]

Gotta post the pic first... but, probably not guilty!

[Grunthor]

Not guilty.

[bigbob]

No only not qgilty, but probably deserves a raise!

[Lancey Howard]

Definitely not guilty.

[RexBeach]

Yup. Not guilty. But there’s something very wrong with this lady. Her life is now officially ruined.

Pity.

[starlifter]

No doubt she got a rise!

[WVKayaker]

She already got her “raise”...

[ssaftler]

Damn, I was born too early! When I was in school, most of my female teachers looked either like Helen Thomas or Donna Shalala. And please don’t post pictures of them, I don’t need to be losing my lunch.

[gigster]

I’d hit it like Laz would (wood).

[dead]

still under a gag order

I'll bet.

[G Larry]

But....that’s what she’s guilty of!

Getting a raise.....

[bigbob]

Where were teachers like this when I was in school?

The females were all at least 60 with the surface texture of a prune and bulges in all the wrong places. You wouldn’t hit them with someone else’s 10 foot pole!

[stockpirate]

Not guilty but need a full body pic.

[Vaquero]

a 17 year old boy student...and that is called battery??(obviously not his complaint)

ohhhhhhhhhhhkay.

[Clintonfatigued]

Here’s another one...

[colorado tanker]

I had some teachers who were real cuties and we boys noticed. But they weren't skanks. They found nice boyfriends and married guys of their own age. My how times have changed.

[kittymyrib]

There are superintendents who hire these women because they are sexy. Unfortunately, their sexual proclivities may not tend toward older men but teenage boys, resulting in the many stories of female teacher sexual abuse.

[Sawdring]

I'm surprised it took till post 12 to get to the gag bit. That one “stuck out” immediately.