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Teacher sentenced to work release in student sex caseA former teacher at a treatment center for troubled youth was sentenced today in Jefferson County to four months of work release and 10 years probation for having sex with a 16-year-old student.
Michelle Leigh Tolar, 26, of Denver, was arrested July 26, 2006, and charged with one count of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and one count of sexual assault. She was released on bond the next day.
Tolar, who has been undergoing therapy, said at her sentencing that she has spent most of her life running away from reality.
"I realize I did him harm and would like to go on record apologizing," she said.
She said she still cared about her victim.
Lakewood Teacher's Aid Accused Of Sex With StudentA teacher's aid from Sobesky Academy in Lakewood was arrested late Thursday on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust with a pattern and enticement of a child, police said.
April T. Robertson, 32, is accused of inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year-old male student from the academy.
Sobesky Academy is a day treatment program for special education students operated by the Jefferson County Public School system.
Grumpy' teacher accused of hitting pupilBOULDER, Colo., March 9 (UPI) -- A substitute teacher known to her Boulder, Colo., fifth-graders as "Mrs. Grumpy Lady" was accused of hitting one in the head with a viola bow.
Carla Skinners, 63, was also accused of swearing in front of students, KMGH-TV, Denver, reported. She was free on $1,000 bond Friday awaiting formal charges.
Skinners allegedly became so upset with her Creekside Elementary student orchestra last month, she grabbed a viola bow and struck a girl in the back of the head, a police report said.
Skinners, who was fired, allegedly told the school district human resources director complaints were filed against her because she is white and the students Hispanic.
