Shannon Young (PICTURES): Kan. Teacher, Volleyball Coach Charged with Having Sex with Student

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

Shannon Young (Personal Photo/Leavenworth County Jail)

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (CBS/AP) Shannon Young, a former Kansas teacher and volleyball coach, is charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student.

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The 36-year-old was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with three counts of unlawful sexual relations.

Leavenworth County prosecutors allege Young had consensual sexual intercourse with one of her students between August 2009 and June 2010.

Though the victim was of legal age of consent for Kansas, it is still illegal for teachers to have "sexual relations" with students at their schools, according to the Leavenworth Times.

Young resigned in April from her job as an English teacher and volleyball coach at Pleasant Ridge High School in Easton, Kan.

She started working for the Easton school district in August 2009.

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by triumph111 July 7, 2010 5:15 PM EDT: This is happening all over the country. Go to www.schoolteachernews.com and click on the Scandal page. This year they have documented over 275 of these types of incidents. They also have a map of where the incidents have taken place. In 2009 they found 464 of these kinds of cases.; Reply to this comment


by sam16661 July 3, 2010 11:33 PM EDT: If a teacher wants to have sex with a 17 year old that is her business
not the government's. Americans are so uptight about sex I'm surprised that they do it often enough to have kids.; Reply to this comment


by I_am_me1953 July 2, 2010 11:24 AM EDT: "Leavenworth County prosecutors allege Young had consensual sexual intercourse with one of her students between August 2009 and June 2010...She started working for the Easton school district in August 2009."

DANG! Must have been lust at first site.; Reply to this comment