Bronx teacher to get jail-free sentence for sexually assaulting 14-year-old student – By Shayna Jacobs & Ben Chapman (nydailynews.com) / Aug 2 2018
(Center) Dori Myers, a Bronx high school teacher who was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student will serve 10 years’ probation. (Jefferson Siegel / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
A Bronx high school teacher charged with performing oral sex on a 14-year-old student will get a jail-free sentence after pleading guilty to criminal sex act.Dori Myers, 30, who taught at the New School for Leadership and the Arts in Kingsbridge, will also get to keep her teaching certificate under a deal struck with the judge in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Prosecutors wanted her to lose her license and spend two years behind bars, but the judge offered her 10 years’ probation and she’ll be allowed to keep her certification.
Myers was busted in January on charges she abused the student at W. 168th St. and Broadway in Washington Heights on Nov. 1.
“There’s no place for this deeply troubling behavior in our schools and Ms. Myers has been suspended without pay since June,” said Department of Education spokesman Doug Cohen. “She will be terminated as soon as legally possible.”
Myers, of Rockland County, was modified from classroom duty upon her arrest. Before her suspension, she was earning $66,931.
Her sentencing is in September.
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