“Seriously, I honestly do not recall any stories like this in print locally before the 1990’s”
I believe there was a time when virtually all the grade school teachers were women, and virtually all of the high school teachers were men...or older women.
The introduction of young, attractive women to high school seems to be the ‘x factor’. Who knew - putting horny teenage boys together with pretty young women would result in the occasional scandal.
I had several female high school teachers who were extremely intelligent and pious I guess. Some were considered “hot”/milfs but never heard any stories about hooking up except for one male teacher who married a student of his a year after she graduated. Went to a Catholic school though. Public school friends had no recollection of female teachers doing this, again, except for male teachers hooking up with female students (For higher grades). Statutes of limitations are way past their expiration date and still no stories. 'Hot for Teacher' was basically a pipe dream (Van Halen's 1984 came out when I was in high school).
Maybe the female teachers are playing catch up.