Teachers Lounge

There seems to be a rush on female teachers/ sex offenders this week, so I thought I would just round up all these teachers and put them all in one post, my own version of the Teachers Lounge.

Teacher gets 5 years for relationship with 11-year-old: Carol Lynn Flannigan

Ex-teacher sentenced to prison for molesting Dona Ana County teen: Donna McKnight

We also have Pamela Turner, the Tennessee teacher who was just released from her sentence after serving more than six months of her nine month sentence for having sex with a 13 year old student.

Former Dallas teacher Noah Harouff pleaded to trying to having sex with an underage relative- getting a nice four year deal out of that- I know he's not a woman, and the victim wasn't a student of his, but I thought what the hell, let's just add him to the list too- for the sheer fun of it.

Had it not been for that one lone guy- I was going to call this post "Woman's Day", something about the pun made me giggle. And I don't giggle often. But, alas there was that one guy just ruining it for me- thus you all got stuck with reading "Teachers Lounge".

UPDATE:
Just so we know:
Guilty plea

On Friday in Polk County Circuit Court, Noah Harouff pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted sex abuse against an underage relative. The former McKay High School teacher was sentenced to more than four years in prison and five years of post-prison sex-abuse treatment.

Ex-teacher sentenced to 4 years

Sex-abuse charges are reduced to ensure treatment after his release

MATT MONAGHAN
Statesman Journal

February 25, 2006

DALLAS -- A former McKay High School teacher pleaded guilty Friday to attempted sex abuse against an underage relative and was sentenced to more than four years in prison.

Noah Harouff, 30, admitted abusing the child on three occasions from December 2003 to December 2004 at his West Salem home.

Harouff had been charged with three counts of first-degree sex abuse, a crime that carries a mandated minimum sentence of more than six years in prison for each conviction.

Polk County District Attorney Mark Heslinga decided to reduce the charges to attempted sex abuse to ensure that Harouff's sentence would include five years of sex-abuse treatment after his release.

With the longer prison sentence, the law could not require Harouff to get help when he gets out, Heslinga said.

"The goal was to get a combination punishment of prison and treatment," Heslinga said. "It was a tough decision. I hope I'm right."

Harouff's abuse included trying to touch the girl's vagina and buttocks as well as exposing himself to her. Heslinga said the girl's mother reported the incidents to police.

Harouff will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release. He also likely will never be allowed to teach again in Oregon, the state Teacher Standards and Practices Commission said.

Although attempted sex abuse is not one of the crimes listed by the commission that automatically bars someone from teaching, the state can deny a license to anyone convicted of a serious crime.

An investigation by Salem police found that the crimes did not involve any of Harouff's students at McKay, where he taught English as a second language.

Harouff resigned from the Salem-Keizer School District after his arrest Jan. 9, a district spokesperson said.

Before being sentenced, Harouff offered an apology to the victim, his family and his colleagues.

"My actions were inappropriate," an emotional Harouff said. "I'm ashamed by my behavior and I'm praying for their forgiveness."

The victim was not in the courtroom, but Harouff's parents and sister were. None of them offered any comment about the outcome of the case.

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