Raquel Spencer, a 28-year-old English teacher at Northwest Whitfield High School teacher, has been arrested after she was found to have heroin on school property. Spencer is also accused of carrying out a year-long relationship with one of her students, being previously charged with sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority.
According to a Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the investigation into Spencer’s drug use began when three teachers told Assistant Principal Robin Baggett that Spencer could not carry a conversation, was talking rapidly and changing subjects.
Spencer was then escorted to the office where the school resource officer asked her if she would consent to a search. Spencer consented to the search and the officer found an illegal substance which led to her arrest.
At this time, there is no word on how Spencer’s alleged sexual relationship came up or how much heroin was allegedly found when she was searched.
She submitted her resignation on Wednesday, April 25.
Spencer is just the latest teacher to be charged for an alleged relationship with a teenager student. Over the course of just a few months, educators across the country were arrested for entering into an inappropriate relationship with their students, Tennessee teacher Janet Smothers, LaToya Parker, Florida teacher Caroline Lawson, 26-year-old Allyson Moran and Katherine Ross Ridenhour were all arrested on similar charges.
The list goes on to include 22-year-old Oklahoma science teacher Hunter Day, 28-year-old teacher Megan Kotarski, 23-year-old history teacher Michelle Schiffer, 29-year-old Alyssia Marie Reddy, special education teacher Jordan Ondish and 28-year-old Samantha Fitzpatrick have all been allegedly carrying on inappropriate relationships with their students.
In addition, 31-year-old Nicole Marie Andrews, 32-year-old Jessica Langford, 29-year-old Andrea Baber, 27-year-old Robin Dunlap, 27-year-old Jennifer Olajire-Aro have also been charged with these charges.
42-year-old Heather Butts of California was arrested on a second-degree felony charge, Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, a former Christian school teacher, was arrested for having sex with a student, Coine Audiat pleaded no contest to having sex with a minor in 2016 and 23-year-old Darci Lake was arrested for an inappropriate relationship. 27-year-old Brittany Zamora from Arizona was arrested on similar charges. Keri Hoffman, 35, was also arrested for an alleged relationship with a student.
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