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NORRISTOWN - A soft-spoken, former 29-year-old teacher's aide at North Penn High School admitted Wednesday to having an inappropriate, emotional relationship with one of her 16-year-old male students. Wearing a dark business suit and pink blouse, Michelle Elizabeth Zulkowsky, of the 100 block of Longleat Drive, Montgomery Township, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to misdemeanor charges of corruption of a minor and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with incidents that occurred between January and April of 2008.

West Des Moines Police detectives arrested a Dowling High teacher for sexual exploitation by a school employee after the woman allegedly had sex with an 18-year-old male student

ROCKLAND, Mass. – An elementary school teacher accused of having sex with a teenage boy pleaded not guilty to rape charges Friday. Christine A. McCallum, 29, of Rockland, is accused of having multiple sexual encounters with the boy that began when he was 13 years old. The alleged incidents occurred in Abington and Rockland. ... The married fifth-grade teacher has been fired ..

A married South Shore teacher was living a disturbed double life for nearly two years, police said, allegedly seducing a 13-year-old boy, plying him with booze and having sex with him on kitchen floors and couches, sometimes right under the nose of her husband. Christine A. McCallum, 29, who is on leave from her job at an Abington elementary school, was charged yesterday with seven counts of statutory rape for the serial liaisons in Rockland and Abington from February 2006, when she allegedly took the boy’s virginity, to November 2007. McCallum, a waifish bespeckled blonde who tightly clutched her husband’s...

A 60-year-old Palm Bay teacher was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of having sex with one of her 17-year-old students, police said. The boy's mother complained that Adrienne Laflamme, who taught science at the Brevard County Juvenile Detention Center, picked her son up at home and had a four-week relationship with him, investigators said. The two had sex at least 15 times, police said, including one time that also involved another teenage boy. Laflamme, of Palm Bay, lent her car to the boy while she was on vacation but reported it stolen after a co-worker told her she was being...

A 24-year-old English teacher at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach resigned amid an investigation into a possible sexual relationship with a graduating senior, authorities said. Heather March submitted her resignation letter on May 28, 12 days after the school district opened an investigation based on information from another student, according to Palm Beach County School District documents. News of March's resignation follows a series of teacher-student sex scandals at Santaluces High School. Revelations emerged earlier this week that teacher Natalie Fraxedas, 23, was fired after admitting she had sex with an 18-year-old student.

A sleepover at a Bucks County home turned into a sex party between a 38-year-old woman and five boys as young as 14, Lower Makefield Township police said. Police Chief Ken Coluzzi said that the woman, identified as Angela Honeycutt, had sex with a 15-year-old boy in a bathroom. Afterward, she took a 14-year-old boy into the shower where she masturbated him and allowed him to penetrate her with his finger. Coluzzi said that the "sleepover" took place April 14 at the home of Lynne Long, 45, whose son invited the five other boys but was not present when the...

A high school science teacher in North Carolina has been arrested and is facing charges of sexually assaulting a student nine times. Shebana Rajput, 35, a biology and physical science instructor since August 2005 at Jones Senior High School in Trenton, N.C., resigned her position May 21 – just two days before she was arrested in her home for alleged sexual conduct with a 17-year-old student, according to WNCT-TV. Rajput is just the latest instructor to make WND's big list of American teachers accused or convicted of having sexual relations with students. Sheriff's officials say she had sexual relations with...

arrested on charges of having sex with four teenage boys, two of whom were her students, was warned by school officials to never be alone in a classroom with "any male students," Local 6 News reported on Friday. Danielle Jones, 32, was in court on Friday, a day after the Stambaugh (Auburndale) Middle School sixth-grade science teacher was arrested on suspicion of having sex with two of her students, ages 14 and 15, and their two 16-year-old cousins. The school principal sent Jones a letter on Jan. 23 -- about six months after the alleged sex took place -- after...

AUBURNDALE | At Stambaugh Middle School, Danielle Jones was considered a hardworking and successful teacher, but her friendships with some of the boys at the Auburndale school made her bosses nervous. Her principal ordered Jones to stop having "flirtatious'' conversations and to never be alone with male students. On Thursday, the sixth-grade science teacher was arrested and charged with having sex with four teenage boys, including two former students. Jones, 32, was charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with minors. She was held without bail at the Polk County Jail....

You will be charmed to know that there has been teaching in the city school system a 39-year-old woman who 1) came down with the hots for a 15-year-old boy, 2) bombarded him with lovesick e-mails and then, for God's sake, 3) blogged about all this, derangedly confessing her heartache for all the world to see. More charming still is the fact that Chancellor Joel Klein had to fight for three years for the power to sack the disturbed lady, thanks to teacher union protections that make it virtually impossible to dismiss even nuts like this one. The evidence against...

Former Loveland Teacher Sentenced For Sex AssaultMay 28, 2008 3:37 pm US/Mountain FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A former social studies teacher at a Loveland middle school is being ordered to spend one year behind bars and 10 years on probation for sexually assaulting an underage girl. Larimer County District Judge James Hiatt handed down the sentence Tuesday to 42-year-old Michael Gaylor. The former Walt Clark Middle School teacher apologized in court, saying he took advantage of his position without any regard for the girl. He said he took the victim's innocence, and called his former students victims, saying they'll "forever...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A high school teacher was arrested and suspended after allegations of sex with a student surfaced this week. A 15-year-old male student at The Renaissance School in Warren Township told police that he had sex with Sheila Vazquez during a "lunch" outing during school hours, police said. The incident is alleged to have happened on May 1 following several months of conversation that included sexual innuendo, the student told police. According to a police report, the student indicated that the conversations began innocently in February when he told her that he was bored in school. The student told...

MAGNOLIA -- Police say the motives of a teacher accused of taking three youngsters to motels to engage in sex in a nearby town aren't known. Donna Lou Sanders, 46, of Magnolia, was released on $100,000 bond Friday. She is charged with 12 counts of permitting abuse of a minor, and 10 counts of rape. Columbia County deputy prosecutor David Butler said she is being treated at a private mental health center. Chief Robert Gorum said Sanders told investigators on Wednesday, the day she was arrested, that she committed all of the crimes of which she is being accused. Sanders,...

A former Florida teacher already arrested twice for allegedly having sex with two of her students has reportedly scored a hat trick, after police say she again had sex with a previous victim. Stephanie Ragusa, 29, of Tampa was taken into custody yesterday shortly after Hillsborough County detectives saw her exiting the home of the 16-year old boy. It's Ragusa's third arrest since last month on similar sex charges. "She's in need of help," sheriff's Lt. Fred Asteasuainzarra told the Tampa Tribune. Her arrest affidavit indicates she drove to the boy's home in her boyfriend's pickup, saying she wanted to...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- Stephanie Ragusa, a teacher accused of having sex with two of her students, has been arrested again. The 28-year-old was arrested and booked into Orient Road Jail Monday afternoon on similar charges. Ragusa was first arrested on March 13th, for having sex with a 14-year-old boy. She was arrested again, in April, for having sex with another student. Ragusa was a teacher at Davidson Middle School, in Tampa. Ragusa was charged last month after an investigation revealed that she had sex with a 15-year-old student while she was a teacher at Davidsen Middle School between October 2006...

teacher who was suspended after she took part in a raunchy advert that was posted on YouTube has been given the all-clear to return. English teacher Sarah Green, 25, was sent home in January after the saucy clip was found by pupils. Miss Green - one of three women in the short promotional film - plays a secretary who is seduced by a builder. The clip which has the caption "It's gonna get dirty", apparently shows Miss Green, who is in her 20s, simulating sex with the builder on a desk while demonstrating the safety features of his clothing. The...

WILLIAMS COUNTY -- A local phys ed teacher accused of sex with a student appeared in court Thursday. Fidler pleaded not guilty and was released on her own recognizance. Tabatha Fidler, 27, appeared before a Williams County judge accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year old male from Gorham Fayette. The contact allegedly happened at her home in Williams County. SHe was a teacher at Gorham Fayette High School at the time. Her next scheduled appearance is April 30th.

NEW TAMPA -- Mary Jo Spack. Married 13 years, mother of four kids. At 38, she graduated USF's School of Education with honors, and became an Honors English Teacher herself at Freedom High in Tampa. By all accounts, a teacher's teacher. "Excellent teacher, spotless record," said Hillsborough District spokeswoman Linda Cobbe. "All the evaluations I saw she had the highest marks you can give." A perfect record that's now tainted. Tampa Police say Spack had sex with a 17-year-old male student in the shower of a Howard Johnson motel room while four other students listened in. Police say she also...

Associated Press - December 19, 2007 10:14 PM ET GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) - Gilbert Police have arrested a Mesa High School teacher, coach and employee of the Mesa Aquatic Center for sexual contact with a former female student. Gay Lyn Turley, 42, was arrested on ten counts of sexual contact with a minor. Police say the victim was 16 when the offense was initially committed. Turley was being booked into Maricopa County Jail Wednesday evening. Gilbert Police say the adult victim, now 20, reported that from 2003 through 2005, she was involved in a sexual relationship with Turley. Gilbert Police...