A former New Jersey teacher must register with the state as a sex offender and abide by the conditions of her lifetime parole after engaging in a sexual relationship with a female student — but she won’t see the inside of a cell, so long as she stays out of trouble.
Christine Knudsen, who was an arts teacher at Fair Lawn High School, was sentenced last week after pleading guilty in July to reckless endangerment stemming from the 2017 incident, according to the Bergen Record.
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Prior to Knudsen’s sentencing, a number of her former students submitted letters of support to the court, according to the Record.
Knudsen had been an educator for over two decades, the paper reports.
Under the terms of her suspended sentence, Knudsen is barred from having any contact with her victim, who was 17 at the time.
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“Parents send their kids to school every day, trusting they will be safe in the care of their teachers,” Bergen County Judge Nina Remson said during Wednesday’s sentencing. “And there is a very strong need to deter not only Ms. Knudsen, but all citizens from violations of the law, especially in this nature involving a breach of trust between the teacher and the student.”
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