A former Marysville High School teacher who admitted to a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student was sentenced to seven days in jail. Stacy McConoughey, 36, faced a maximum 20 years in prison on four counts of sexual battery, but Union County Common Pleas Court Judge Don Fraser, while chiding her, noted that she was contrite and cooperative throughout the investigation and hearing Monday.

A former Marysville High School teacher who admitted to a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student was sentenced to seven days in jail.

Stacy McConoughey, 36, faced a maximum 20 years in prison on four counts of sexual battery, but Union County Common Pleas Court Judge Don Fraser, while chiding her, noted that she was contrite and cooperative throughout the investigation and hearing Monday.

"You should have taken steps to distance yourself from the young man rather than repeatedly encouraging his lust," Fraser wrote in a sentencing entry he read in court..

�She takes total responsibility for allowing it to happen,� Fraser said. �In the almost eight years that this judge has been on the bench, not one other defendant has been as forthright and contrite as the defendant in this case."

State law prohibits teachers from having sex with students even if they are of legal age.

McConoughey, a teacher in the district since 2001, was indicted in June. She was suspended with pay after an 18-year-old male student told his guidance counselor that he and McConoughey had had a relationship from October 2014 to May 2015.

In addition to jail and losing her teaching license, McConoughey is now a Tier 3 sexual offender, the highest level, requiring her to register with the Union County sheriff's office every 90 days for life. She also faces five years of community control which could result in further sanctions if violated and 500 hours of community service teaching female inmates.