Teacher Pleads Guilty in Sex Case

(Sioux Falls, South Dakota) In March 2006, a 38-year-old former teacher's aide at Boyden-Hull Community School, Kelli Cuperus, was arrested on sex abuse charges for incidents with a 15-year-old male high school student. According to court documents, the incidents happened twice in the summer of 2005 and 15 to 20 times at school.

In the latest development, Kelli Cuperus accepted the terms of a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Sentencing is scheduled for April 18th.

Reportedly, prosecutors will ask for her sentence to be suspended in accordance with the plea deal. So, it appears that Kelli Cuperus, married mother of three, gets no jail for repeated sex with a student.


[Update 05/11/07]

Cuperus (now DeBoer) sentenced to probation.


[Update 09/21/07]

Cuperus/DeBoer sentenced to four months at a residential treatment facility for probation violation.