Teachers dating 18 year olds?

[Mr Pickles]

If a teacher is dating an 18 year old that doesn't go to the school that they teach at, is it ok?

 

[minendo]

Why wouldn't it be? The 18 year old is of legal age.

 

[Gothgar]

18 yr old student or not?

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Age of consent met : check
No conflict of interest (is that what you'd call this?) : check

You're good to go.

 

[imported_Imp]

I suppose that it would not pose a legal issue, but then again, said teacher would have access to student records. Some minor conflict of interst.

Can you just wait 6 months - 1 year until everyone is in the clear?

 

[Bateluer]

If the 18 year old doesn't attend the school the teacher teaches at, there is no problem. If the 18 year old attends the school the teacher teaches at, then there is a great likelihood of a problem, even if the 18 year old isn't a student of the teacher.

 

[Bignate603]

Legally there is no problem but it does look bad. If the teacher is young enough to be dating an 18 year old they probably don't have tenure. The school they work at may look down on it and decide not to keep them in a tenure position.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Age of consent met : check
No conflict of interest (is that what you'd call this?) : check

You're good to go.

Yep. It would probably raise red flags though. Some over-concerned parent will hear about it somehow and raise a stink.

 

[SSSnail]

Keep it on the down low and hit it like a bad habit. :thumbsup:

 

[waggy]

could have sworn i just posted in this thread..


anyway there was a story where a male teacher (23 or so) was dateing a 18 yr old student. the board found out about it and he ended up getting fired.

 

[Q]

:camera:

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Legally there is no problem but it does look bad. If the teacher is young enough to be dating an 18 year old they probably don't have tenure. The school they work at may look down on it and decide not to keep them in a tenure position.

You're talking college. I think a HS teacher could get in trouble dating a student, even if the student goes to a different school.

 

[alexvorn2]

Don;t see anything bad in it.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Aint never going to happen. That teacher would be quickly and unceremoniously involuntarily transferred to another site - after a thorough drudging in the local press, to boot.

 

[txrandom]

Wait till she graduates.

 

[poopaskoopa]

What does "OK" mean? Not going to jail, or not counter-productive to career advancement?

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Legally there is no problem but it does look bad. If the teacher is young enough to be dating an 18 year old they probably don't have tenure. The school they work at may look down on it and decide not to keep them in a tenure position.

You're talking college. I think a HS teacher could get in trouble dating a student, even if the student goes to a different school.

I don't think so. Legally, that student is an adult. The teacher isn't in a position of authority over the 18 year old. I don't see what legal line has been crossed.

 

[DrPizza]

No, it's not okay.

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Bignate603

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Legally there is no problem but it does look bad. If the teacher is young enough to be dating an 18 year old they probably don't have tenure. The school they work at may look down on it and decide not to keep them in a tenure position.

You're talking college. I think a HS teacher could get in trouble dating a student, even if the student goes to a different school.

I don't think so. Legally, that student is an adult. The teacher isn't in a position of authority over the 18 year old. I don't see what legal line has been crossed.

Not sure exactly how the laws read and it depends on which state, but teacher Amy McElhenney almost got in serious legal trouble and the "victim" was 18.

 

[Nitemare]

Just don't tell anyone at your school. The Board of Education is a fickle prude that would not like it.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
No, it's not okay.

And your reasoning being?

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Bignate603

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Legally there is no problem but it does look bad. If the teacher is young enough to be dating an 18 year old they probably don't have tenure. The school they work at may look down on it and decide not to keep them in a tenure position.

You're talking college. I think a HS teacher could get in trouble dating a student, even if the student goes to a different school.

I don't think so. Legally, that student is an adult. The teacher isn't in a position of authority over the 18 year old. I don't see what legal line has been crossed.

Not sure exactly how the laws read and it depends on which state, but teacher Amy McElhenney almost got in serious legal trouble and the "victim" was 18.

Could be different from state to state and she was charged under Texas law. This is what I found...

Ms. McElhenney was charged under a law that outlaws sexual relationships between educators and students even if the sex is consensual and the student is of legal age. Even in Texas, the age of consent is 17. Ms. McElhenney could not be reached for comment. The student?s identity was not released. Texas Law that took took effect Sept. 1, 2003. Proponents of the law have said it sends the message that even older teenagers should not be considered capable of consenting to sex with a teacher, especially since educators have power over their students.

This depends on how the law is written, but if it is worded to protect students from teachers over them it wouldn't apply if the guy was at a different school.

 

[SagaLore]

Would this teacher's name happen to be Mr. Pickles?

 

[nageov3t]

personally, I wouldn't want to open myself to the potential risk, but I don't really see anything wrong with it myself as long as they don't have a student:teacher relationship and the student is above the age of consent.

 

[Mr Pickles]

I'm just wondering the school board would react. Say, for instance, the parents find out and don't want their 18 year old dating a teacher while they are still in high school. Age of consent says its not up to them, but they could easily raise the question to the board and get other parents involved to develop a huge stink about this situation.

At that point, do you think the board would have the power to fire the teacher? Granted, he's not going to jail, he can still date his 18 year old gf, but could they let him go?

Or how about we keep the story at seperate high schools but put both schools in the same district?