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Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Affair With Her Student
POSTED: 10:03 pm EST December 11, 2005
UPDATED: 6:07 pm EST December 12, 2005
<!--startindex-->PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A former Escambia County teacher has been charged with having sex with an underage student at a private school where she taught before working at the public Escambia High School.
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Janelle Marie Bird, 24, is accused of having a two-year affair with a student from East Hill Christian School.
The boy was 15 when the affair began. Bird was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, all are second degree felonies.
Bird turned herself to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office on Friday and was released after posting a $15,000 bond, The Pensacola News Journal reported Monday.
Bird's attorney, Jerry T. Allred of Pensacola, did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press seeking comment on the case Monday.
If convicted, Bird faces up to 15 years in prison on each count.
Bird left East Hill Christian School in June for a job with the Escambia County School District where she was teaching reading to ninth- and tenth-grade students at Escambia High School when the allegations surfaced.
The Escambia County School Board voted Nov. 22 to fire Bird without cause before her probationary status expired. The board fired Bird after the rumors of the affair surfaced.
v Because she had not completed enough time with the district, she was still on probation and could be fired without reason at any time.
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POSTED: 10:03 pm EST December 11, 2005
UPDATED: 6:07 pm EST December 12, 2005
<!--startindex-->PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A former Escambia County teacher has been charged with having sex with an underage student at a private school where she taught before working at the public Escambia High School.
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IMAGES: More strange stories, images on Local6.com <HR>Janelle Marie Bird, 24, is accused of having a two-year affair with a student from East Hill Christian School.
The boy was 15 when the affair began. Bird was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, all are second degree felonies.
Bird turned herself to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office on Friday and was released after posting a $15,000 bond, The Pensacola News Journal reported Monday.
Bird's attorney, Jerry T. Allred of Pensacola, did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press seeking comment on the case Monday.
If convicted, Bird faces up to 15 years in prison on each count.
Bird left East Hill Christian School in June for a job with the Escambia County School District where she was teaching reading to ninth- and tenth-grade students at Escambia High School when the allegations surfaced.
The Escambia County School Board voted Nov. 22 to fire Bird without cause before her probationary status expired. The board fired Bird after the rumors of the affair surfaced.
v Because she had not completed enough time with the district, she was still on probation and could be fired without reason at any time.
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Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
