NJ Teacher Gets No Jail for Sex with Student - Updated

(Newark, New Jersey) Yesterday, former Teacher of the Year Erica DePalo, 33, received a suspended sentence and lifetime parole for boffing a 15-year-old student. She was also ordered to forfeit her teaching credentials and register as a sex offender.

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NJ Teacher Guilty of Sex with Student - Updated
[Previous 2/19/13 post]
(West Orange, New Jersey) Earlier today, a 33-year-old teacher formerly at West Orange High School, Erica DePalo, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child after admitting she had sexual relations with a 15-year-old male student.

Erica DePalo will receive life parole supervision under the terms of the plea agreement when she is sentenced April 29.

She must undergo a psychological evaluation at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, forfeit her teaching license and never seek government employment.

DePalo also must register as a sex offender under Megan's Law and cannot have contact with the victim.

So, DePalo will receive no jail when sentenced in April.

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NJ Teacher Accused of Sex with Student
[Previous 9/1/12 post]
(Montclair, New Jersey) A 33-year-old English teacher at West Orange High School, Erica DePalo, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student.

DePalo faces charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Police allege that DePalo began a sexual relationship with a male student sometime in mid-June and that it continued until this past Tuesday. Attempts to reach her attorney for comment Saturday were unsuccessful.

DePalo, who taught Honors English to ninth- and tenth-graders, was selected as Essex County’s 2011-2012 top teacher as part of the state Department of Education’s “New Jersey Teacher of the Year” program.[…]

DePalo, who is single, has been employed at West Orange High School since 2003 but was suspended upon her arrest Friday.

DePalo was booked into custody with bail set at $100,000.