Originally Posted By: the G-man
Syracuse Post Standard:
  • A suspended high school English teacher is facing up to six months in jail after admitting she had sex with a 15-year-old student.

    Christel Gravlin pleaded guilty to third-degree rape Monday in St. Lawrence County Court. The 33-year-old Lisbon Central School teacher says she had oral sex and intercourse with the boy on Nov. 25 during a brief affair.

    The relationship became known when she went to a school basketball game while intoxicated and announced the affair to nearby students and spectators. Gravlin blames her actions on depression, alcohol, prescription drugs and pressure from the victim.

    Gravlin will be sentenced May 5. She also faces 10 years of probation. As a felon, Gravlin will have to surrender her New York state teaching license.


Teacher gets 10 years' probation for sex with student