5 more articles but more than 5 teachers involved

1NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (AP) - A teacher and an aide at school for troubled children are accused of having sex with two underage boys from the Orange County school.

Police in the town of New Windsor say teacher Rebecca Becker of Walden and teacher's aide Maria Zurita of New Windsor -- both 28 -- face a charge of third-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child.

Becker is also charged with another felony, third-degree criminal sexual act.


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PALM BAY — A one-time substitute teacher for a private school will go to court next month on charges she supplied teenagers with alcohol at her home, police reports show.


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21-year old Thomas Gaff was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual misconduct with a student and three counts of statutory sexual seduction.

Gaff was taken into custody at Las Vegas High School, where the school district says he works as a choral accompanist. Metro says the charges involve Gaff's behavior with a student who attends Las Vegas High.

The school district says Gaff was just hired in March of this year and that he's based at Sierra Vista High School.

This comes one day after News 3 learned this local elementary school teacher was arrested for lewdness with a minor. Police say Don Smith is a music teacher at Myrtle Tate Elementary and they say he inappropriately touched a former female student there.

And just two weeks ago we learned three Foothill High School teachers connected to the athletics department are being investigated internally. Right now these are just accusations, no criminal charges have been filed. The school district says the accusations all come from separate incidents.


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A Rickards High School history teacher denies accusations of having a three-month sexual relationship with a student, his attorney, Matthew Willard, said Thursday.

Michael Tamayo, 28, faces charges of custodial sexual battery after a former student reported to school authorities Tuesday she had a relationship with Tamayo from October 2005 through February 2006, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.


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Churchill County School District Superintendent Carolyn Ross confirmed this week that a high school teacher who reportedly came to class drunk in April has resigned.

"I have a letter of resignation, effective at the end of this school year," Ross said. "I have visited with her about her letter of resignation. This is a personal situation and in everyone's best interest."

The Churchill County High School English teacher created a firestorm of controversy after she allegedly showed up to work late and above the legal limit for alcohol. Fallon police were called to drive the teacher home after she failed a preliminary breath test. Police Chief Russ Brooks would not reveal the actual reading on the breath test, only saying the teacher failed the test.