Kearny, NEW JERSEY

Sentenced (sorta) to two years' probation. No sex offender registration mentioned.

Oct 11, 2007 - Celeste Adamski, 27, a Kearny High School English teacher, pleaded guilty to one count of third degree official misconduct for having sex with a 17-year-old student of hers in a car in January 2007.

The charge carries a possible sentence of 3 to 5 years in prison but it is unlikely she will go to jail because she is a first-time offender. Under the plea deal prosecutors will ask for probation only.

TT - We've always wondered why first-time offenders are given a pass-go. How does that ensure equal justice for the victim? Isn't that like saying, "Too bad. But it's just your bad luck you were the first so, sorry, you don't count? You were the freebie she got?"

Oct 12 - As part of the deal Adamski will lose her job at Kearny High School, give up her teaching certificate, and be barred from public employment. Adamski's husband, John Adamski, continues to teach history at the high school and Mooney said he is in good standing.

Adamski was never officially charged although the school talked to five boys about the allegations.

GUILTY PLEA Oct 18 - In court, Adamski admitted to having sex with her 17-year-old student and as part of the plea deal, agreed never to teach again. She will be sentenced Nov 30.

SENTENCED Nov 30 - Adamski was sentenced to two years probation. and will have have to perform 50 hours of community service and pay $155 in fines. Adamski's teaching license will be revoked and she will be ineligible for public employment.

She pleaded to one count of third-degree official misconduct on Oct. 11 and she admitted in court to having sex with a male student on Jan. 24 in a vehicle in Lyndhurst.

Adamski's husband, also a teacher, sat in the courtroom during the sentencing. Adamski is pregnant with her second child by her husband, said [defense attorney John] Young, who added that the baby is due in June. She's happy to able to put this behind her and get on with her life.

Headline from the Jersey Journal:
NO PRISON TIME FOR SEX TEACH
Must do service - but no jail for whoopee in car