Posted on 06/04/2011 9:31:24 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952
Fort Worth police issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Lake Travis High School teacher. She is accused of having an improper relationship with a student.
The teacher at the center of this investigation is 39-year-old Cristina McCann. McCann began working at Lake Travis High School in 2007.
In addition to teaching marketing and finance, she served as the DECA club sponsor. DECA is an international organization for business and marketing.
According to a Lake Travis ISD spokesperson, McCann accompanied the DECA students to the state competition in Fort Worth Feb. 24 through Feb. 27.
It was during that trip that an 18-year-old student said he and McCann had a sexual encounter in a hotel room.
Once school staff learned about the allegations on May 5, McCann was placed on paid leave and the Travis County Sheriff’s Office was alerted.
McCann resigned on May 12.
Fort Worth police took over the investigation due to the location of the incident. On Friday, officers issued a warrant for McCann’s arrest. She is charged with improper relationship between an educator and student. It is a second degree felony which carries a punishment of two to 20 years in jail.
McCann told police she will surrender on Monday. Her bond is set at $10,000.
Once she is booked in to jail, Fort Worth police will release more details about the case.
An 18 year old and an older female is private territory.
People need to police their own lives.
Let the state do it and they take away all privacy and freedom.
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So an 18 year old girl on a school field trip would be "cool" to have sex with her male teacher? Are you frickin' kidding me? That's pretty much what happened here with the sex roles reversed. A teacher should never have sex with a student at any age. A person in power having sex with a subordinate is the basis for sexual harassment laws - and it should be stronger with student-teacher sex. In this case, I'm glad it's a felony. Maybe it will act as dis-incentive for this kind of behavior by people who can't seem to "police their own lives".
Sorry, the kid’s old enough to vote. I agree the relationship was improper due to the teacher-student relationship. But no way should it be a criminal matter.
The polarity of the sex roles should be entirely irrelevant.
Thanks. Based on the reaction to some of my comments, I was feeling like the Lone Ranger.
She is an expert in ‘keyboarding’.
Oh, the horror! She ties boys down on a keyboard and tortures them until they give up the bone of contention.
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