Sunday, April 15, 2007

I Won't Go There

From KIRO in Seattle:

According to Lewis County prosecutors, charges have been filed against a Tenino High School teacher who is being investigated for alleged sexual activity with a 16-year-old female student.

Dawn Marie Welter, a 38-year-old math teacher, was charged with three counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes, a gross misdemeanor, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

According to authorities, an investigation started in March when an assistant principal at the school notified authorities in Thurston County of an improper relationship between a student and a teacher.

The case was then transferred to Lewis County because of the location of the student’s home.

Police said they searched the girl’s computer and found e-mails she received from Welter. The e-mails contained details about a sexual encounter the teacher allegedly had with the student at a motel in Pacific County, as well as sexually explicit references between Welter and the student regarding their future relationship together, according to Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Melanie DeLeone.

Tenino's mascot is the Fighting Beavers. That has absolutely nothing to do with this article; I've just always liked talking about the beavers, based on a long ago headline from my time at Rochester:

Warriors Shave Beavers in Overtime

I believe they meant it was a close win. That's not how we understood it in high school, but all the same....

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