August 21, 2008 - Allison Dean, 30, a Magnolia School District teacher who resigned last Wednesday, was arrested, accused of giving drugs to a male student and having sex with him, over eight months. 
The boy is 15.
Dean faces eight counts of sexual assault, with each count punishable from six to thirty years in prison.
Columbia County
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Poll at the news story asks, What do you think is the most pressing issue facing schools? Your choices: Teacher shortage, Test scores, Drop-out rates.
Headline is: Teacher Turns Herself in for Affair with Student
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August 23 - (From Arkansas Democrat Gazette) Dean resigned her teaching position with the Magnolia School District on Aug. 15.
The probable-cause affidavit filed by the sheriff’s office Thursday afternoon said that on Aug. 12, the boy’s mother became suspicious of her son’s cell-phone use and confiscated the phone. While she had the phone, the mother saw a text message and answered a call. When the mother asked for the caller’s identity, the caller hung up. The mother also found several text messages related to drug use when she reviewed messages on the phone.Dean is the second Magnolia Junior High School teacher arrested on sex-related charges in less than four months. Donna Lou Sanders, 46, was arrested April 23. Entry
