Face of shame: This teacher had sex with her 16-year-old student (PICTURED)

Face of shame: This teacher
had sex with her 16-year-old
student (PICTURED)
A teacher who was arrested for sex with her student
has evaded prison after she apologised to the teenager
for her behaviour.
26-year old Nikki Scherwitz was said to have pleaded
guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year
old student of the school she taught in Texas, USA.
Scherwitz was sentenced to 10 years of probation and a
$ 5,000 fine for her unhealthy relationship with a minor.
Daily News reports:
Prosecutors reportedly agreed to the
plea deal because the student was nearly
17, the age of consent in Texas.
Scherwitz, 26, also agreed to send
written apologies to the victim’s mom
and to the Brazosport Independent
School District in Houston.
“I apologize for the behavior I engaged in
with a student of BISD,” Scherwitz
scribbled onto a piece of paper. “I
crossed an ethical boundary I never
should have crossed. Again, I’m sorry.”
But some parents and students are
upset that Scherwitz managed to avoid a
jail sentence.
“The men get 25 to life, but a woman
gets a slap on the wrist with only a $
5,000 fine,” Mario Salinas, a student at
Brazosport High School, told KHOU.
“If it was a guy, a male teacher with a
female student, it wouldn’t be the same,”
agreed Oscar Guttierrez, another student.
In fact, Texas law forbids improper
relationships between teachers and
students—no matter the age.
Police were alerted to Scherwitz’s
inappropriate behavior after the teacher
allegedly showed up drunk to an after-
prom party, wearing a tattered, cut-off
shirt. For several weeks before that, she
had been sending explicit text messages
to her victim, KTRK reports. When others
at the party asked her to leave, she left
the house with her victim in tow.
Scherwtiz had separated from her
husband before developing a
relationship with the minor. Her son is
now staying his dad.
With the police hot on her trail, the
woman resigned from her job as a 10th
grade English teacher last year.
Scherwitz is now considered a convicted
felon. She has to abide by a curfew and
has been ordered to stay far away from
minors.
“I think she should get more than just
probation because that’s a kid,” said
Robert Anderson whose grandchild is a
Brazosport student, adding, “and you
shouldn’t have relationships with a
young minor.”