Katherine Harder
Posted by Webmaster in FE-MV, Hall of Shame, High Schools, Kansas, Language Arts
(3/27/08 – Initial BBT Report)
Katherine J. Harder, 31, a language arts teacher at a Manhattan High school, in Manhattan, Kansas has been arrested and jailed on suspicion of unlawful sexual relations.
Harder was arrested after a deputy sheriff on patrol allegedly discovered her and a 17-year-old male student together in a parked car Wednesday night.
Following her arrest Harder was held in the Pottawatomie County Jail on $3,000 bond.
Reportedly Harder, after being placed on paid administrative leave, resigned from the school.
Harder has been released from jail on $3,000 bond.
4/02/08 – Resignation Withdrawn
Katherine Harder has withdrawn her resignation from the Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383.
The school board is scheduled to meet today to discuss the matter.
04/03/08 – School Board Votes Termination
The Manhattan-Ogden Board of Education voted Wednesday night to terminate the contract of Katherine Harder.
04/16/08 – Katherine Harder Resigns Again
Katherine Harder who previously resigned and then withdrew her resignation has resigned again.
07/17/08 – No Contest Plea and Sentencing
Katherine Harder today entered a no contest plea to an amended charge of aggravated endangering of a child which is a more serious felony charge than the charge of unlawful sexual relations under which she was originally charged.
Harder took the plea deal on the more serious charge which does NOT require her to register as a sex offender. The lesser charge of unlawful sexual relations would have required her to register as a sex offender.
Following Harder’s plea, the judge sentenced her to to 6 months in prison, suspended that sentenced and granted Harder immediate probation for a period of 12 months.
The Webmaster’s Opinion:
Katherine Harder hit the jackpot on the “female discount” plea deal, escaping with no jail time and no requirement to register as a sex offender.
One can only wonder, would the Pottawatomie County Attorney’s office extend such a sweetheart deal to a 31-year-old male teacher caught with a 17-year-old female student?
Kinda’ makes one wonder why they even bother going through the motions when a reasonably attractive female teacher is sexually involved with a male student, doesn’t it?
References:
Teacher enters plea in sex case (07/17/08)
Teacher Caught in Act with Student Will Get Not Have to Register Sex Offender (07/17/08)
Teacher pleads no contest to endangerment in incident with student (07/17/08)
Teacher, accused of having sex with student, resigns a second time (04/16/08)
Manhattan teacher fired over student sex scandal (04/04/08)
MHS teacher denied request after alleged sex scandal (04/03/08)
Manhattan teacher withdraws her resignation (4/02/08)
High school teacher charged with sexual relations with student (3/27/08)
Area Teacher Caught In The Act With Student (3/27/08)
Teacher found in parked car with teen jailed (3/27/08)
Manhattan area teacher arrested for allegedly having sex with student (3/27/08)
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Mr Plum
when I was young I had once a quickie with a woman, but while this woman had no other relatives.
Me and my male partner adopted this child, we are both gay and married. The woman had decided to an euthanasie
Yeah, we really need to have western europe’s post modernism here. Crappy english spelling, poor grammar.
Do what you want; rape, murder, enslave children and get only one or two years for it. Let sharia law apply to everyone with little self appointed hitlers of shiite or wahabi, or sunni enforcers go around beating eveyone they want to to enforce their rules on us. Put us in dhimmitude, sure.
Let people do all sorts of hallucinogens in uncontrolled conditions including driving and they get off because they were not responsible. Yeah, we really want that here. Uh huh.
Go away questions, you little whinging wanker.
the american society is in her ethics very conservative, it would be better that COMMON LAW is replaced by Law of western europe