American high school teacher Sarah Fowlkes has been suspended from her job after allegedly engaging in ‘sexual content’ with one of her students.
So you’d think that after such a serious accusation and turning yourself over to the police you’d be a bit more remorseful. But the biology and physics teacher couldn’t help but smile in her mugshot. Maybe she felt that her predicament was just one big joke.
You know who didn’t find it funny? Her employers, Lockhart High School in Texas. She was immediately suspended after handing herself into police, just hours after celebrating her 27th birthday with her husband.
According to the Daily Star the 27-year-old teacher is accused of being involved with “sexual content with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire” of a 17-year-old student.
According to the Lockhart Police Department “Their contact was of a sexual nature”.
Lockhart High School’s superintendent Susan Bohn released a statement saying:
Ignoring the typically mindless kind of comments a story like this normally generates -‘why did he say anything’ etc – if the allegations against Fowlkes are true it is totally unprofessional and a clear abuse of her position, despite the age of consent being 17 years old in the state of Texas.Lockhart parents entrust their children to us every day, and it is something we do not take lightly… Student safety is the district’s most important priority. As soon as we learned of the report, we acted swiftly to involve law enforcement and CPS to conduct a thorough investigation.
If it was a male teacher accused of grooming a young female student you’d be sick to your stomach…
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