U-High paraeducator under investigation for sexual activity, using drugs with students

Emily Oliver by Emily Oliver

SPOKANE, Wash. — A paraeducator at University High School is no longer employed with them, according to the Central Valley School District.

This comes amid an investigation from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, looking into allegations that she engaged in sexual activities with one of her students, as well as did drugs with him and other students.

The Sheriff’s Office says the woman’s husband noticed her disappearing for hours at a time each night in late December.

The husband told investigators he went out searching for his wife on Christmas Eve, and that’s when he found her parked in a car, smoking weed with one of her teenage students.

He confronted the two, he told deputies, and noticed the 14-year-old student had hickies his neck. When asked about them, the student said they were from his girlfriend, but refused to name her.

The student later told investigators it was the second time he’d met with her, and that he and the woman communicated through Snapchat.

Deputies also spoke with a counselor at Psychiatry Residency Spokane, who said she reported the educator’s behavior to Child Protective Services after speaking to her.

Court documents show the educator admitted to getting Xanax, cocaine and marijuana from students, then doing the drugs with them.

She also admitted to being under investigation for sexual behavior with the students, but didn’t go into detail and told the counselor she didn’t remember engaging in any sexual activities.

Investigators now have a warrant to search her phone for any messages that could lead to criminal charges.

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