Erin Baynard Stewart, 30, social studies teacher, Chauncey Rose Middle School, Terre Haute IN

Erin Baynard Stewart was arrested on allegations she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old male student. It is alleged that they had sex in her bedroom and, and oral sex in the classroom. The boy told his mother and the mother told the police.

Another pic in that beautiful jailhouse orange here.

Shannon Alicia Schmieder, 38, Teaching assistant, Jefferson Parkway Elementary School, Newnan Georgia

Shannon Alicia Schmieder is charged by Coweta County authorities with having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old male child, who was not a student.

Update Feb 17 2012: Shannon Schmieder was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and will have to serve at least 20. The sentence is believed to be the longest ever in U.S. history for this type of crime. She plead guilty to two counts of child molestation.

Kristi Metzger, 28, 4th grade teacher, Village Woods Elementary, Fort Wayne IN

Kristi Metzger is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy at least five times at her home last year. The boy told authorities that during one of the encounters, Metzger permitted him to drink three or four beers out of her refrigerator before having sex with him. The boy says Metzger knew how old was. Metzger is charged with three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.  Evidently the boy lived on her street, and she never taught the boy at school.

Update Nov 2 2011:  A mistrial was declared in this case.  Read about it here.  Frankly it sounds like he-said, she-said, not sure if I believe this story.

Update Feb 2 2012:   Metzger changed her plea, and agreed to plead guilty to sexual misconduct with a minor. She will receive a 10 year suspended sentence, four of those years she'll spend on probation. Sentencing will be in March.

Bethyl Shepherd, 34, special education teacher, Reed High School, Sparks NV

Bethyl Shepherd was arrested for allegedly having a threesome with two 17-year-old students in her car. She claims that one student forced her into the activities, and that she did not have any contact with the other.

A teacher's aide at this same school, Marie L. Fisher, was arrested one month ago on charges that she had sex with a 15 year old student and sent him graphic text message photos.

Update Jan 26 2012:  Bethyl Shepherd was sentenced to 60 days in jail, and five years probation for unlawful sexual relations between a school employee and pupil. She told a mental health evaluator that there were SEVEN male students, aged 15 to 17, with whom she engaged with in oral sex. She blames her bi-polar mental disorder for her sexual misconduct.

On a serious note, I feel extremely bad for this woman. Evidently this has ruined her life - her career, her marriage, her relationship with her children, her finances, etc. She had to sell her car for the money and lives with her mother. Total Tragedy.  Regardless, she deserved much more than 60 days jail time.  What a joke of a sentence.

Jessica Coz, 30, band teacher, Castle Dome Middle school, Yuma AZ

Jessica Coz has reportedly been arrested on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old male student.

Update Dec 2012: Jessica Coz is in really really deep do-do. She plead guilty to two counts of attempted sexual conduct with a minor on Dec 16. Per her plea agreement, Coz faces no less than 15 years in prison for one count, lifetime probation for the other, and she must register as a sex offender. She will be sentenced January 20th.

Update Jan 20 2012: Jessica Coz was SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON. That's the longest sentence I've seen for a crime like this. Somehow I think her lawyer was not as good as Debra Lafavre's lawyer.

April 2011     Credit: Craig Fry/Yuma Sun

Gay Shepard, 59, teacher, Mesa View Middle School, Huntington Beach CA

Gay Shepard was arrested and charged with unlawful sexual intercourse, sodomy with a person younger than 18, oral copulation of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Allegedly, she and her husband Daniel invited a 17 year old student over to their house, and then decided to get in their hottub, naked. They invited the boy to join them. Over the next few months, both adults had sex with the boy. Eventually the kid told his mother, and that's when the trouble started for the Shepards. After these allegations were made public, other people came forward with their stories about the Shepards.

Teri Decker, 40, Health teacher, Corning High School, Corning NY

Teri K. Decker has been charged after an investigation into inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old male student.

Allegedly the teacher and student were sexting constantly. They communicated by cell phone text messages at all hours of the day and night and engaged in sexual conversation by text. Teri encouraged the victim to hide the relationship from his mother. Police said that during this time period thousands of text messages, many of them sexual in nature, were exchanged.

Allegedly on Feb. 14 the teacher grabbed the boy by the hand, pushed him against a desk, and kissed him on the lips continuously for 10 minutes while in Room 800 of Corning East. Later that day, police said, Decker continually kissed, held and allowed the same boy to touch her buttocks for nearly 30 minutes in the same school room.

In 2006, Teri Decker was certified as a Rape Crisis Counselor/Advocate for
the Rape Crisis of the Southern Tier. Wow.

Update: Teri Decker will be sentenced July 26.

Update Sept 20 2011: Teri Decker was sentenced to 15 days in jail, with three years probation.

Sept 20 2011 sentencing Credit: WETM

Angelica Rangel, 24, Spanish teacher, Nazareth Academy High School, LaGrange Park IL

Angelica Rangel has been charged with having sex with a 17 year old student that was in her spanish class. She is alleged to have had sex at her home and once in her car. She allegedly admitted the encounters to police, who got photos of the couple from the boy's cell phone.