Texas teacher Nikki Scherwitz pleads guilty to sex with student only gets probation and fine, citizens upset

Yes, there is a difference between how men and women teachers are sentenced.  But, the bigger problem is how teachers across the country are crossing the line and having sex with students.  We need tougher laws with long mandatory sentences that treat male and female perpetrators equally. 

NY DailyNews reports a Texas teacher who had sex with a student has evaded the slammer after apologizing to her victim.

Nikki Scherwitz, who pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old Brazosport High School student, was sentenced to 10 years of probation and a $5,000 fine.

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 KHO

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