COLBERT COUNTY, Alabama - A former Sheffield Junior High teacher convicted of raping a 15-year-old students and sentenced to 10 years in prison has been released after serving nearly two years, according to The Times' news partner WHNT News 19.

Amanda Watkins will serve the remainder of her sentence under supervision by the Colbert County Community Corrections Center, WHNT reports. She was convicted of rape and sodomy in November of 2011 for having sex with a former student in the school parking lot.

Read an AL.com story on the case here.

The victim and the Colbert County District Attorney consented to Watkins's release, WHNT said.