CAMDEN—Two Triton Regional High School teachers will possibly serve just 30 days under house arrest after entering guilty pleas Monday afternoon in connection with a teacher-student sex scandal that rocked the Runnemede school last fall.

The two men—Jeffrey P. Logandro, 32, and Daniel R. Michielli, 27—also forfeited their ability to teach, or hold any public position, in New Jersey with the guilty pleas they entered before Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Brown Jr. Sentencing for both men is scheduled for March 15.

Taking the five teachers and administrators charged in the scandal out of New Jersey's public schools has been authorities' goal since the probe, which began last summer, started mounting evidence against them, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk said. "I think we've accomplished our purpose—and we have discussed this with the victims and their families—and our purpose is to see that (the educators) do not hold public office in the future, that they are not teachers in our public school system," Faulk said outside the Camden County Hall of Justice. "That, ultimately, was our purpose in the beginning and it continues to be our purpose. We are satisfied with the plea, and I know the victims' families are satisfied with the plea."

The third-degree conspiracy charge to which Logandro and Michielli pleaded guilty is punishable by sentence of up to five years in state prison, but the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, under the plea deals it reached with the two now-former Black Horse Pike Regional School District teachers, will not oppose sentences of house arrest or other diversionary programs under the agreements. The plea agreements do, however, allow for Brown to impose 30-day jail sentences, though house arrest for both men appears to be a very real possibility at this point.

Former Triton principal Catherine DePaul, 55, also entered a guilty plea on Monday in connection with the teacher-student sex scandal. She was immediately sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to a non-indictable, disorderly persons charge of failure to report to law enforcement allegations of child abuse or neglect.

Like Logandro and Michielli, DePaul also forfeited her ability to hold a public position in New Jersey under the plea agreement.

"This situation is devastating to her," DePaul's attorney, Matthew Portella, told Brown. "She's deeply saddened by what happened. Disappointed and sorry that it occurred, and is certainly sorry for the victims, and hopes that after today everybody who has been touched by this tragedy can continue to heal and move forward." After Portella ran through a laundry list of DePaul's accomplishments in education, including her selection as Triton's teacher of the year in 1991, Brown condemned her for her lack of action when allegations of teacher-student sex surfaced.