Alaskan Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Student

(Kiana, Alaska) A 26-year-old second- and third-grade teacher with the Northwest Arctic Borough School District, Sheree Buchanan, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student.

Buchanan faces two felony counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor by an authority figure.

She had a good reputation as a teacher, said Norm Eck, superintendent of the Northwest Arctic Borough School District.

She was not the male teen's teacher. Eck did not know how their relationship developed, but said the school is small.

"Kiana is a very good school," he said. "It's a very good village. It's just terribly unfortunate that such a horrible thing would occur anywhere, but we have to be watchful and vigilant all the time with those people who work with our children and are entrusted with the care of our students."

The school took action to notify police as soon as the relationship came to light, Eck said. The school district is in the process of terminating Buchanan, he said.

Buchanan was booked into custody at the Kotzebue Jail with bail set at $5,000.