Lindsay Garcia-Yazd, 33-year-old Spanish teacher at Alief Hastings High School, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with one of her 16-year-old male students.
Garcia-Yazdi faces two counts of sexual abuse of a child as well one count of improper relationship with a student - according to documents, Garcia-Yazdi was the boy's Spanish teacher when they had sexual contact three times dating back to Dec. 18. The last time was Jan. 21.
The boy said that they were intimate in the back of a minivan that Garcia-Yazdi drove when she picked him up from his friend's home or other spots. She parked at a public park or along streets and they had sexual intercourse, the documents state the boy told investigators.
Garcia-Yazdi was booked into custody and subsequently released on $130,000 bail.Lindsay Garcia-Yazd, 33-year-old Spanish teacher at Alief Hastings High School, has... more
Abigail Nichols, 24-year-old teacher formerly at Meadowbrook Academy, has been arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy. She has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation.
Police arrested Nichols last Tuesday at her home in Ocala. Detectives say the former Meadowbrook Academy teacher was reportedly giving a 16-year-old boy answers to tests and having a sexual relationship with him. Another 15-year-old boy had a similar story.
OPD officials were notified about the alleged incidents in the end of the January
, when a woman told an officer there was a rumor at the school suggesting that last summer Nichols had performed oral sex on the woman's 16-year-old son. Detectives met with the woman's son and another 16-year-old at the police department.
The first boy told Bowman that Nichols taught him 10th-grade history, that he did not have to do homework and that she reportedly gave him answers to quizzes. He said they became friends and, last June, she came to his home. While watching a movie, he said, they kissed and she performed oral sex on him.
The second 16-year-old told the official that when he was 15, he and some friends were hanging out with Nichols and she asked if they wanted to ride in her Jeep. He said while they were in the vehicle, Nichols, who was in the back with him, gave him permission to touch her breast, which he said he did.Abigail Nichols, 24-year-old teacher formerly at Meadowbrook Academy, has been... more
Angela Stellwag, substitute teacher (and daughter of Delran Mayor Joseph Stellwag) was arrested back in 2005 and charged with sexual assault of a 14-year-old male Riverside High School student. In 2006 She pleaded not guilty to four counts of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
The Alleged assaults took place between July 4, 2004, and Sept. 30, 2004 inside the Stellwag's home in Delran and inside her car at locations in Edgewater Park
In January 2009, Stellwag, now 29, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a 14-year-old male student in accordance with a plea agreement with the prosecution.
According to authorities, Stellwag met boy in 2003 and carried on a relationship through the summer of 2004, when it became sexual.Angela Stellwag, substitute teacher (and daughter of Delran Mayor Joseph Stellwag) was... more
Following on, India were 223 for six in their second innings at tea on day four of the opening cricket Test against South Africa here today.Following on, India were 223 for six in their second innings at tea on day four of the... more
These 10 celebrities, for example, enjoyed successful careers as musicians, actors and writers, even as they worked as teachers and instructors early in their careers.These 10 celebrities, for example, enjoyed successful careers as musicians, actors and... more
When I saw the handwritten note on the left I thought that the teacher who wrote it was referring to the kid. Honestly. Because, let's face it, some kids are little turds.
BUT NO... she was referring to...When I saw the handwritten note on the left I thought that the teacher who wrote it... more
According to Washington State Superintendent Randy Dorn: "if the proposed budget passes it will be devastating to school districts already struggling to stay afloat financially. They will have to absorb $500 million in cuts to education for the 2010-11 school year on top of the $400 million cuts made during the 2009 Legislative session."
"As many as 5,000 teachers could be laid off. Added to the 1,300 (teachers lost in 2009.)"
"It cuts away at the heart of what we consider basic education. How can we expect our (underpaid) teachers, already stretched thin in their jobs, to teach standards to a class of 30 or 35 students?"
P.S. Anyone remember 9 months ago when... "President Barack Obama today said he will seek tougher standards in schools, merit pay for teachers and reduced high-school dropout rates in a bid for a more educated and competitive workforce in a contracting economy."According to Washington State Superintendent Randy Dorn: "if the proposed budget... more
Thousands of city public-school students and teachers are participating in a "Brain Education" program run by a group with ties to an alleged cult.
For the past three years, the Department of Education has shelled out nearly $400,000 for 44 schools to participate in the Power Brain Education company's lessons and workshops.
But dozens of former employees of an organization called Dahn Yoga -- whose founder developed the teachings for Brain Education -- said the school program is run by a group that is part of a vast web of interrelated companies conning participants into investing all their time and money in unproven health and healing activities.
The former workers of Dahn Yoga, which operates 130 health centers and two training retreats across the country, filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona in May charging that its activities are abusive and grow increasingly devotional over time to the group's founder and spiritual leader, 57-year-old Seung Huen "Ilchi" Lee.
"If my child was [participating in Power Brain], I would pull them out in about two minutes," said lawyer Terry Brostowin, who settled a wrongful-death suit against Dahn Yoga last year. "I would be very scared."
Foes said the organization reels people in with lovey-dovey, group-building activities before steadily ratcheting up the pressure for more involvement and money.
This includes taking expensive training courses and retreats that cost as much as $10,000 per week to become "Dahn Masters," who help operate the health centers and recruit new members under high-pressure quotas, according to the ex-workers' lawsuit.
Yoga is good. Using yoga to get rich and indoctrinate people, especially children, into a cult is bad.Thousands of city public-school students and teachers are participating in a... more
SEATTLE – Washington state law does not bar teachers from having consensual sex with 18-year-old students, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a case against a former high school choir teacher.
The teacher, Matthew Hirschfelder, was charged with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for allegedly having sex with a Hoquiam High School senior in 2006. He challenged a judge's refusal to dismiss his case, arguing the student wasn't a minor because she was 18.
Hirschfelder, who was 33 at the time, also denies any sexual relationship occurred.
A three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals unanimously agreed that the case should be dismissed. While the law was written vaguely, a review of legislative history shows that lawmakers only intended to criminalize contact between teachers and 16- or 17-year-old students — not those over 18, the court said.
"The name of the statute is 'sexual misconduct with a minor,'" said Hirschfelder's attorney, Rob Hill, stressing that the state recognizes that an 18-year-old is no longer a minor.
"This is a real concern of mine, and with the court decision today, that just strengthens this bill," Haler said. "We need to protect our students as long as they're in our public schools, irrespective of age."
- I say, is it really the governments place to decide who an 18 year old can have sex with?? I don't.SEATTLE – Washington state law does not bar teachers from having consensual sex... more
19 primary school teachers in Tanzania were caned by a police officer, prompting the teachers union to consider legal action.19 primary school teachers in Tanzania were caned by a police officer, prompting the... more
Furious parents have demanded a teacher's sacking after she was convicted of buying booze for her 15-year-old pupils.Furious parents have demanded a teacher's sacking after she was convicted of... more
Teachers working in areas of Baghdad under the control of Shiite religious parties are afraid of their students, and are intimidated by their political connections into giving them undeserved top grades in exams.Teachers working in areas of Baghdad under the control of Shiite religious parties are... more
Adopt-A-Classroom increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers with community partners and funds to purchase resources for the classroom.Adopt-A-Classroom increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers... more
On March 13th, school districts across California sent out some 26,000 pink slips to teachers as part of the $8.4 billion budget cut in education statewide. The pink slips are directed towards "low-seniority" teachers, who won't know the fate of their jobs until mid-May. YO! spoke to young people attending the New America Media Youth Education Reporting Fellowship, sponsored by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, about the real cost of cutting newer teachers.On March 13th, school districts across California sent out some 26,000 pink slips to... more
Some of the following tools will have teachers and students exploring wikis, open courseware, Twitter, blogging, comics, videos, and incorporating plenty of other tools that will help make learning fun.Some of the following tools will have teachers and students exploring wikis, open... more
Many ministers of the Berlusconi government do everything to be bad, up to the point of insulting the opposition. It's a typical sign of the states that are sliding towards dictatorship to see people with institutional responsibilities that seek to intimidate and threaten half the country, the half that didn't voted them. It's also a typical sign of guilty conscience. These ministers know that their policies are weak, and try to deflect attention with verbal violence.Many ministers of the Berlusconi government do everything to be bad, up to the point... more
Talk of shortening the school year by five days, firing teachers and slashing teacher benefits, increasing class sizes, freezing monies for field trips, supplies, and arts programs in the wealthiest state in one of the wealthiest countries in the world should madden anyone who is concerned about the well-being of children and the future standard of living of California and the nation.
I can hear the naysayers now: Oh, but we can't do anything about it, they'll say. Budgeting for schools predominantly relies on the tax base of local communities, and if the community is poor...well, there is nothing to be done, they'll say. Plus, it's not really the money that can make a difference anyway, they'll say; it's the parents, the student's work ethic, and bad teachers.Talk of shortening the school year by five days, firing teachers and slashing teacher... more
Adopt-A-Classroom increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers with community partners and funds to purchase resources for the classroom.Adopt-A-Classroom increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers... more
Laura Lea Pace, 38, a teacher at Eustis High School in Eustis, Florida was arrested in October 2008 and charged with five counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. It was alleged that Pace engaged in sex and smoked marijuana with two of her 16-year-old male students. The offenses occurred during the 2007-08 school year. ....
In November 2009 Laura Pace pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious battery of a child, showing obscene material to a minor, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She also pleaded no contest to providing marijuana to a person younger than 18.
According to Assistant State Attorney Sara Jane Olson, Pace may have engaged in grade-fixing to reward her schoolboy lovers, an "absolute abuse of trust."
A sentencing date has yet to be scheduled.
Pace, who began her career with the district as a substitute teacher in 1995 and served as a cheerleading adviser, may have engaged in "grade-fixing," rewarding her schoolboy lovers with scores they didn't earn. One of the boys suspected that he lost his automatic "A" in Pace's class when he "cut her off."Laura Lea Pace, 38, a teacher at Eustis High School in Eustis, Florida was arrested in... more
