Washington State Teacher Gets Jail for Molesting Boy, 10 - Update
(Othello, Washington)
Davis was also ordered to register as a sex offender.Former Scootney Springs Elementary teacher Lisa Davis, 48, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to 1st degree child molestation.
Davis pled guilty to the charge after prosecutors and her defense attorney struck a deal. Davis was sentenced to 12 months in jail including a comprehensive Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative known as SOSA.
The judge agreed to suspend all but 12 months in the 51 month to life sentence prosecutors recommended if Davis qualified for SOSA.
Washington State Teacher Guilty of Molesting Boy - Update
[Previous 9/16/13 post]
(Othello, Washington) Former fifth-grade teacher at Scootney Springs Elementary School, Lisa Davis, pleaded guilty today to molesting a 10-year-old male student.
After pleading not guilty in July, Davis has now admitted to first-degree child molestation. Davis faces a possible 51 months to life in prison. Alternatively, she may qualify for a sex offender rehab program and thereby minimize her prison time.
She was put on administrative leave amid the allegations after school let out for summer and she later resigned from her position.A sentencing date has not been reported.
Officials with the Othello School District said the inappropriate conduct between the former fifth grade teacher and the ten-year-old student began around May 30. Police said the alleged victim was in Davis’ reading class. Davis also took the boy to a movie, according to investigators.
Officers said that another teacher alerted school administrators Davis was acting inappropriately with her student.
Washington State Teacher Allegedly Molests Boy, 10
{Previous 7/9/13 post]
(Othello, Washington) A 48-year-old fifth-grade teacher formerly at Scootney Springs Elementary School, Lisa Davis, has been accused of inappropriate behavior with a 10-year-old male student.
Investigators have recommended that Davis be charged with two counts of child molestation.
Davis was placed on administrative leave on the same day pending investigation according to the Othello School District. She submitted her letter of resignation on June 18 and it was approved by the District less than a week later on June 24.The case currently awaits action by the Adams County prosecutor.
On Monday, police completed an investigation into claims that Davis molested one of her students.
2 comments:
Lisa Davis has a long career and has never been accused of anything but doing her job exceedingly well, to the point of being nominated as teacher of the month, through a large city news station,by her student, and winning the award. My daughter had her for a teacher and I was a mother volunteer. Of course, I not only didn't witness anything inappropriate but I never sensed anything odd between her and ANY of her students. I have had the occasion to be in her home and casually know her family. My daughter was in the same graduating class as one of her sons.
Many parents have worked in her classroom and none have sensed any wrong doing. We can't all be naive.
Lisa is a woman of integrity and moral character and well respected by everyone in the community, it seems, except the teacher's aid who thinks she gave a student too much attention both in and outside the classroom. What does that mean exactly? Keep in mind he was her reading student, in her classroom for possibly 45 minutes a day. Also keep in mind the aid earns approximates 15% as much as Lisa.
More than that, Lisa has only been accused by the aid, the boy did not come forward and in the 6 or 7 weeks since the accusation no other children have come forward and no one else in the community has come forward to accuse her of any wrong-doing. The accuser seems to have skulked into the background as well. Where is she to stand her ground?
The strongest argument of all is Lisa has not been charged with ANYTHING! So, unless and until she is, there really isn't much to argue or debate. There is an outstanding teacher who has been accused by a seemingly anonymous teacher's aid, in all probability, out of spite or jealousy. No evidence, no witness, no victim, no story.
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Lisa Davis has a long career and has never been accused of anything but doing her job exceedingly well, to the point of being nominated as teacher of the month, through a large city news station,by her student, and winning the award. My daughter had her for a teacher and I was a mother volunteer. Of course, I not only didn't witness anything inappropriate but I never sensed anything odd between her and ANY of her students. I have had the occasion to be in her home and casually know her family. My daughter was in the same graduating class as one of her sons.
Many parents have worked in her classroom and none have sensed any wrong doing. We can't all be naive.
Lisa is a woman of integrity and moral character and well respected by everyone in the community, it seems, except the teacher's aid who thinks she gave a student too much attention both in and outside the classroom. What does that mean exactly? Keep in mind he was her reading student, in her classroom for possibly 45 minutes a day. Also keep in mind the aid earns approximates 15% as much as Lisa.
More than that, Lisa has only been accused by the aid, the boy did not come forward and in the 6 or 7 weeks since the accusation no other children have come forward and no one else in the community has come forward to accuse her of any wrong-doing. The accuser seems to have skulked into the background as well. Where is she to stand her ground?
The strongest argument of all is Lisa has not been charged with ANYTHING! So, unless and until she is, there really isn't much to argue or debate. There is an outstanding teacher who has been accused by a seemingly anonymous teacher's aid, in all probability, out of spite or jealousy. No evidence, no witness, no victim, no story.
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