A Chronicle of teachers behaving badly, teacher sex scandals, and other indiscretions

32 year old teacher at Manhatten High School in Manhatten Kansas, Katherine Harder, was arrested and charged with unlawful sexual relations after a patrolling sheriff’s deputy caught her having sex with a student.

Harder was having sex in her car in a park, with her 17 year old student. What a great idea that is. And what a great name this is for an article like this. The jokes just write themselves.

Harder was taken to the Pottawatomie county jail, bond amount is not known.

Update — 07/26/2008
Katherine Harder has taken a plea deal and been sentenced. Harder plead no contest to a more serious charge of aggravating of a child, which does not require sex offender registration. Harder was sentenced to one year of probation, and a suspended 6 month jail sentence. Good deal for her I guess. Hooray for leniency.

Mohamed Dirshe, a 26 year old substitute teacher at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas, has been arrested for having sex with two 16 year old students after getting them drunk.

Dirshe is charged with three counts of unlawful sexual relations and three counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor for illicit purposes, all of which are felonies.

Dirshe was removed from the substitute list February 4th after the allegations of sex with students were first made.

Dirshe is scheduled for court March 28th. He is also one ugly son of a bitch. I can’t imagine how many beers it would take for me to get with him, even if I was a female, let alone a 16 year old hormone raging boy.

25 year old math teacher and tutor at Wataugh High School in Long Island, Heather Kennedy, has been arrested on charges of 3rd degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child.

Kennedy allegedly had sex with a 16 year old student she was tutoring in math at his Massapequa home on March 20th 2008. The incident was brought to the attention of police by the boys father.

Kennedy is being held on $35,000 bond.

Update — 07/28/2008
Kennedy is back in jail after release and with more charges. Not wanting to be outdone by Stephanie Ragusa, Kennedy was found under surveillance to still be having sex with her student. Kennedy pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and is awaiting sentencing. While released from jail, she was to have no contact with her alleged victim.

The police set up surveillance on Kennedy acting on an anonymous tip. After her arrest, Kennedy admitted having sex with the boy 5 times since her release. Kennedy is now facing more charges of 3rd degree rape, committing a criminal sexual act, criminal contempt and endangering the welfare of a minor. Now facing 4 years in prison, Kennedy is jailed on a $104,000 bond.

39 year old assistant principal was indicted and turned himself on two counts of child sex abuse, and two counts of 3rd degree sexual assault.

Woods is accused of molesting a 6 year old boy at school. The boy came home with a gameboy (according to the article, I’m going to have to assume it was a DS/PSP/etc). The boys mother asked where he got it, and he told his mother that Woods gave it to him for good behavior.

The boy ended up telling his mother that Woods would follow the boy to the bathroom, and tuck the boys shirt in for him.

Allegedly the abuse had been ongoing since December 2007. Woods was released on $50,000 bond, and is set for arraignment this month.

36 year old history and social studies teacher William Milham has plead guilty to 3rd degree criminal sex act.

The charges stemmed from 2002, when Milham is accused of having sex with a 15 year old female student.

In accordance with his guilty plea, the judge agreed to sentence Milham to no longer than 10 years probation and 6 months in jail.

Update — 05/27/2008
William Milham has been formally sentenced. The judge handed down a sentence of 6 months in jail, and 10 years probation. Milham will also be required to surrender his teaching license.