Texas Teacher Gets Prison for Relations with Student - Update

(Beaumont, Texas) Music teacher Linda Leann Wallace, 53, formerly at Legacy Christian Academy was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in prison for conviction of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student.

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Texas Teacher Guilty of Relations with Student
[Previous 7/15/13 post]

(Beaumont, Texas) A 53-year-old former music teacher at Legacy Christian Academy, Linda Leann Wallace, has pleaded guilty to engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a female student.

Officials say the relationship was ongoing in 2007 and involved a 16-year-old female student.

A spokesperson for the school told 12News Wallace, who was a music teacher, resigned in 2012 without mentioning that she had been charged.

The charge is punishable with from 2 to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Sentencing is scheduled for next month.