Littleton, COLORADO

April 17, 2008 - Nicole Marie Sirbu, 29, a teacher at Stony Creek Elementary School and a coach for the combined Columbine and Chatfield high school pole-vaulting team, was indicted by a grand jury on a felony charge of tampering/destruction of physical evidence.

In September 2007, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office began investigating an allegation that Sirbu had "inappropriate sexual contact" with a 17-year-old Columbine student who was on the pole-vaulting team. Sirbu had exchanged numerous e-mails with the student using her work e-mail address and her work laptop, investigators said.

The indictment states Sirbu became aware of the investigation and resigned from her teaching job on Oct. 1, 2007. When Sirbu turned in her school district-issued laptop a few days later, investigators said they discovered the hard drive originally in the computer was gone and that it had been replaced with a new hard drive. She used her credit card to buy a new hard drive.
Full Name: Nichole Marie Sirbu

TT - It's painful when the Denver Post calls it an "affair."
Ex-Jeffco teacher accused of tampering to hide alleged affair posted at 04/17/2008 02:57:50 PM MDT