Lisa Gaye Placek, 45, Language Arts teacher, Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City MI

Lisa Gaye Placek has been arrested and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Police allege that Placek met with a 15 year old male student while on Christmas break, and that she performed oral sex on the sophomore while in her car in Elmwood.

Placek was a well-liked girls volleyball coach and language arts teacher. The school district placed her on a leave of absence pending a criminal investigation on Jan 21, and terminated her employment on Jan 24.

Placek assuredly has a secure spot in the bleach blondest teacher arrested of all time.

Update Jan 2012: Placek was arraigned via video camera from her jail cell at around 3:30pm Monday afternoon. She was denied bail and is jailed until a Feb. 10 preliminary hearing. Wow, that is harsh!

Update Mar 2 2012: Placek plead guilty to a lesser count of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration. Sentencing will be Mar 12. She could get up to 10 years in prison. The prosecutor is happy with the plea, saying "We didn't have a statement from her. We could go to trial, and it could be a he-said, she-said type of situation."

Credit: Record-Eagle file photo/Jan-Michael Stump

Symantha Hicks, 30, guidance counselor, Valley Forge Military Academy, Radnor PA

Symantha Hicks allegedly unbuckled a student's trousers and performed oral sex on him, while alone with the student in her office.  Allegedly she supplied students with alcohol too.

Christa Rene Tharp, 33, softball coach, Napa High, Napa CA

Christa Rene Tharp was arrested on suspicion of oral copulation with a person under the 18 years of age, contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense, molesting a child under 18 years of age and sending harmful matter to a minor with the intent to seduce.

Police allege she had an “ongoing sexual relationship” with a juvenile she met while coaching a local youth softball team. Details are scant since the case is still under investigation and there may be more victims, police said.

Update Sept 2 2011: Christa Tharp is back in jail after police found out she met with her victim and another girl.

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.

Michelle Rose Chlan, 26, Teacher's Aide, Shakopee High School, Shakopee Minnesota

Michelle Rose Chlan has been charged with three counts of third degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. She is accused of having sexual relations with a male student, who was 16-years-old when the alleged relationship began, which lasted from June 2009 to July 2010.

Update Dec 2011: Michelle Chlan pleaded guilty.

Update Feb 23 2012: Michelle Chlan has been sentenced to three months in jail. Allegedly she performed oral sex on the boy once behind a K-Mart and twice behind a Burnsville soccer complex.

Taryn Fairbanks, 33, English teacher, Garfield High School, Seattle WA

Taryn Fairbanks is reportedly being accused of having sex with a 17-year-old male student during a party at his home when his parents were out of town. The police investigation started when a mom checking her daughter's cell phone noticed a text detailing a teacher's sexual history - and that history belonged to Taryn Fairbanks.

A 19 year old former student also says he had a sexual relationship with Fairbanks, about a year after he graduated.

It is reported that Fairbanks got married in 2009 to a man who graduated Garfield High School in 2003 when she was a teacher there. The couple are apparently getting a divorce now.

Update Apr 8 2011: Taryn Fairbanks was sentenced to six months in jail for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. Fairbanks admitted to Seattle Police that while in the midst of an alcohol relapse, she had oral sex with the 17-year-old male student on June 23 2010 in the basement bedroom of his home.

Marla Gurecki-Haskins, 37, special education teacher, Canandaigua Academy, Canandaigua NY

Marla Gurecki-Haskins has been arrested for allegedly performing oral sex on a 17-year-old student on school property, and for allegedly using her cell phone and e-mail to try to encourage two 16-year-old male students to engage in sexual conduct with her.  She denies any physical contact took place.  Certain interwebs have dubbed her, the "Special Head-ucation" teacher.

Update Sept 2010: Gurecki-Haskins agreed to a plea bargain, for 45 days in jail plus three years probation in regards to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one charge of official misconduct.

Update Jan 6 2012: Gurecki-Haskins was sentenced today, to 45 days prison and 3 years probation.

June 2010  credit: Carrie Ann Grippo

Sept 2010

Jan 7 2011 being taken to jail
credit: Jack Haley

Umm, did you know some pervs readers really like these pics of her shackled?
I've gotten requests for more handcuff pics, any teacher...

Cameo Patch, 29, substitute teacher, Tooele High School, Tooele UT

Cameo Patch is facing felony charges for allegedly performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male student. She was arrested after an informant disclosed the alleged relationship to a school resource officer, who then contacted police. During an interview with investigators at the Police Department, the student admitted the sexual contact occurred..

Police said that Patch and the boy met at a restaurant in Tooele, where they exchanged phone numbers and arranged to meet later that evening to talk. It was during the second meeting at an undisclosed location that the sexual contact allegedly occurred. The informant stated Patch “performed oral sex” on the student, but did not engage in sexual intercourse.

The Tooele County School District issued a statement saying it “has removed [Patch] from the substitute pool.”

Update Sept 22 2006: Cameo Patch received probation for 36 months, and ordered to obtain a psycho-sexual evaluation, as well as pay a $2,000 fine. She got divorced last month and is seeking to rebuild her relationship with her 3 kids.

I think this is her.