"...Erickson is a science teacher at Rose City Middle School and is accused of engaging in sex acts with a male student between 13 and 16 years old... "I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the student in question is male.
A reasonable inference to make since the sex of the student was not mentioned.
What's the probability that six teachers would openly support a heterosexual male teacher who had an affair with a female student? I'm guessing it would be indistinguishable from zero.
I will be out there on the limb with you.
"...Erickson is a science teacher at Rose City Middle School and is accused of engaging in sex acts with a male student between 13 and 16 years old... "