Former local school teacher facing charges after accused inappropriate relationship with student

WPXI.com News Staff (via Yahoo) ^ | May 17, 2022 | WPXI.com News Staff

[Robwin]

A former choir teacher of a local high school is facing criminal charges after court documents say she had an inappropriate relationship with a student.

According to a press release from the New Wilmington Police Department, an investigation into 26-year-old Olivia Lois Ortz began after the principal of the Wilmington Area High School received a call from Ortz’s husband, reporting the alleged relationship. As a mandated reporter, the principal reported the allegation to the police.

Police say they held interviews with the 17-year-old student involved in the incident, who told officers that they considered Ortz to be a safe adult whom they trusted and confided in. The student also said the relationship allegedly turned into a romantic one that resulted in sexual activity.

[Rebelbase]

The High School coach where my ex worked was a single guy in his mid 20’s and had a very pretty student flirt with him for two years until she graduated then she went after him like white on rice. They’ve been married for 32 years.

[EastTexasTraveler]

The schools are teaching that this is just fine, so why are we surprised when it happens?

[KevinB]

Police say they held interviews with the 17-year-old student involved in the incident, who told officers that they considered Ortz to be a safe adult whom they trusted and confided in.

Man, that writing pisses me off.

(Not guilty.)

[Adder]

Well at least she was doable...

The kid was 17. Seems more like a score than a crime.

[Adder]

Oh...it was a girl student?

Won’t she/they get a medal and a scholarship for passing the love is love exam?

[metmom]

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[Dr. Franklin]

Age of consent in Pennsylvania is 16, so I guess she is charged with abusing her position over students.

No, teachers are considered to be in loco parentis in PA, so consent isn't possible. If she really wanted to have sex with this kid, she needed to quit her job, or transfer or something. What she did was stupid, even if you don't think it was a crime.

[Dr. Franklin]

My ex wife’s mother did the same thing back in the 70’s. She was like 26 and married to I believe. Ended up marrying him after he graduated. Still married after 40 years or so.

Newt Gingrich married his high school math teacher a few wives back. It didn't damage him or stop him from becoming the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Stuff happens.

[MHGinTN]

I would wonder what her husband thought of the liaison with a 17 year old girl? The teacher is nearly six feet tall. Is the 17 year old a student female athlete?

[Dr. Franklin]

I would wonder what her husband thought of the liaison with a 17 year old girl? The teacher is nearly six feet tall. Is the 17 year old a student female athlete?

Well, it was the husband who alerted someone, so he must not have been pleased. From the use of the pronoun "they" to refer to a single student, one might conclude that the student was transgender, but I don't have access to any of the details that you posit to be true:

Police say they held interviews with the 17-year-old student involved in the incident, who told officers that they considered Ortz to be a safe adult whom they trusted and confided in.

[AlaskaErik]

Definitely not guilty.

[AlaskaErik]

Age of consent in Pennsylvania is 16, so I guess she is charged with abusing her position over students.

Most states up the limit to 18 when it involves a person who is in a position of trust or power. Alaska did that about 35 years ago when prosecutors determined a teacher could not be charged with any crime due to the student being 17.

[Bikkuri]

"My heart breaks for the poor, horny, 17 year old boy!"

According to a few here, it was actually a girl..

[aquila48]

“According to a few here, it was actually a girl..”

I’m putting my money on a boy. She’s married and not bad looking.

[jjotto]

https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/pa-teacher-busted-for-sex-with-underage-girl-after-husband-alerts-principal/

… A married Pennsylvania high school choir director was arrested for a sexual relationship with a female student after her irate husband alerted administrators, according to reports...

[aquila48]

I stand corrected!