Sex-Starved teacher seduces teenage boys in Howard Johnson
(Headline if the story was from a British newspaper.)
Second Hillsborough County Schools teacher arrested for sex with a student in a week.
March 20, 2008 - Mary Jo Spack, 45, an honors teacher at Freedom High School, was arrested charged with having sex with a students.
Investigators say that last week, Spack took two male students to a liquor store, and then to a motel where they met three other students, and all drank together. The two male students are 17 and 18 years old.The 17-year-old admitted having sex with Spack in the shower. Spack is charged with one count of unlawful sex with a minor, and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Tampa Police Department Press Release (dated March 20, 2008)
TT - The motel was the Howard Johnson Motel on Fowler Avenue for the curious. The other teacher is Stephanie Ragusa. TT entry.
March 22 - The chairwoman of the Hillsborough School Board is planning an emergency meeting to discuss hiring policies. [TT - We thought the woman was clueless. No parents are included, which is a good indication that the meeting is a PR event.]
Spack is married and has a 13-year-old daughter. She was suspended with pay on Thursday.
March 21 - Police are seeking more victims.
According to Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy, Spack bought a bottle of Crown Royal at a liquor store, then drove a 17-year-old and another 18-year-old Freedom student from the store to a Howard Johnson Express Inn on Fowler Avenue on March 14. The friends text-messaged their buddies that they were headed to a party. At the motel, Spack shared the liquor with the two students as three more students arrived.
Then Spack and the 17-year-old went into the bathroom. According to the arrest affidavit, the four other students heard the two having sex in the shower.
