Michigan Teacher Gets Prison for Sex with Student - Update

Kathryn Ronk
(Pontiac, Michigan)

An Oakland County judge came down hard Tuesday on a 30-year-old former high school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student.

While state guidelines suggest 51-85 months for the offense, Judge Nanci Grant sentenced Kathryn Ronk of Birmingham to 6-15 years in prison.

Ronk appeared stunned at the sentence. The former Bishop Foley High School Spanish teacher, who faced up to life in prison under the original charges, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct under a sentencing agreement that ranged from no prison time to a maximum of 15 years.

Ronk also faces rape and sex charges in Macomb County. A trial is scheduled for March 31.

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Michigan Teacher Guilty of Sex with Student - Update
[Previous 2/26/15 post]
(Madison Heights, Michigan) Kathryn Ronk pleaded guilty yesterday to third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Sentencing is scheduled for March 17.

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Michigan Teacher Accused of Sex with Student
[Previous 6/25/14 post]
(Madison Heights, Michigan) A 29-year-old Spanish and journalism teacher at Bishop Foley High School, Kathryn Ronk, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 15-year-old student.

Ronk has been charged with five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony.

Police said Ronk, a Spanish teacher, allegedly engaged in multiple sex acts with a student. She no longer teaches at Bishop Foley.

Ronk turned herself into police on Wednesday. She posted bail and was released, but required to wear a GPS tether.

Her preliminary exam is set for July 9.

Bishop Foley is a Catholic school.