Mar 21 - 49 ABC news: "An area teacher charged with sexual misconduct with a student has local teachers speaking out"
8th grade teacher Lucinda Evans has taught in the USD 501 School District for 16 years and during that time, Evans says she's never experienced a situation where a teacher was accused of being sexually involved with a student.Video at site.
But, now that it's happened just 20 miles away, she's horrified. In Lawrence, a 24-year-old female teacher was arrested for inappropriate sexual conduct with a 15 year old. The incidents happened three times last August and once last week.
"I don't know that she's guilty of anything at all but just to even say it is horrifying to me," Evans said. She says teacher-student sexual relationships not only damage the integrity of teachers, but violates parent trust.
TT - The Lawrence Journal World has the story but maintains that it does not name people charged with sex crimes unless there is a conviction. And it's true. In another story in the paper, an unnamed Kansas University student was arrested for attempted rape. But doesn't it make you wonder if there are other victims unaware of an arrest who might come forward with other information? In any case, her name is Meredith Kane.
