Texas on track to set new record for teacher-student sexual relationships after last year’s shocking high of 188 cases…(My Home State, Good Grief…)
State holds record for most teachers having relationships with students
Shocking new statistics were released by the Texas Education Agency
Figures mark fifth year of growth, with 162 investigations in nine months
By AMIE GORDON
DailyMail.com
6 June 2016
Texas is on track to set a new record for teachers having inappropriate relationships with students.
Statistics released by the Texas Education Agency have revealed it launched 162 investigations of reported inappropriate teacher-student relationships in just nine months, between September 1 and May 31.
The figures mark the fifth year of growth in the state, with 188 investigations in the last fiscal year.
This comes after an eight grade teacher admitted she got pregnant by a 13-year-old pupil – sending shockwaves around the world.
At a hearing in Houston last week, a judge ordered Alexandria Vera to stay away from minors after she admitted she got pregnant after sex with her 13-year-old student.
Texas lawmakers could now be set to confront the issue at next year’s legislative session – and have blamed social media for the rise in such relationships.
Referring to the shocking new figures in Texas, Kathy Tortoreo, director of crisis services at Family Support Services in Amarillo, told Globe-News: ‘In the past, you might not have had students choosing to interact socially with a teacher.
‘Now they’ll friend them on Facebook or they’ll reach out to them on Snapchat.
‘The adult is supposed to understand the boundary, and the adult is supposed to uphold the boundary.’
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