"Calculated Seduction" - High School Math Teacher Accused of Minivan Sex with Student

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

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Photo of high school math teacher, Heather Lynne Zeo, from her website.

LANSDALE, Pa. (CBS/AP) Prosecutors are calling it a "calculated seduction."

A math teacher at a suburban Philadelphia high school who's accused of having sex with one of her students and sending sexually explicit messages to another has been ordered to stand trial.

Prosecutors say Heather Lynne Zeo had sex with one of her students in the back seat of her family minivan and was reportedly kissing and fondling the student inside her classroom, according to CNN.

Zeo also had sexually explicit chats with another student on the social networking site Facebook, according to prosecutors. CNN reports the student claimed he was told to delete any evidence of the conversation.

Both of the students are 17-year-old boys.

Zeo has been suspended from her job at North Penn High School in Lansdale.

A Montgomery County prosecutor said at Wednesday's hearing for the 36-year-old teacher that Zeo engaged in a "calculated seduction." Defense lawyer Marc Neff says the boys were the aggressors.

Zeo is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and four counts of corruption of minors.

She is married and has three children and maintains a website where she has published songs that teach Christian messages and also musical ways to learn math.

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by fuzzyi July 20, 2009 8:28 AM EDT: The disintergration of American Society. They will not be destroyed by outside forces, but by internal immoral decay...It has been proven since biblical times,,,there will be the naysayers and those that will agree with me...just keep on checking the headlines...YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW...; Reply to this comment


by rwaggs81 July 17, 2009 9:38 PM EDT: This woman should face whatever blowback from her family which comes. She should defninitely be estranged from her church and she should probably be banned from the school district because she lacks accountability now....but that's about it. As far as this being a crime against the boys, bullsh#t. 17 year old boys know EXACTLY what they're doing in this regard. I would've killed to have a 36 year old teacher bed down with me when I was a senior. This country needs to get a grip.; Reply to this comment


by wyo-kid July 17, 2009 4:57 PM EDT: Were the boys really victims ? The teacher's conduct was atrocious and she should have known better than to tempt a teenage boy. This is something that they should only dream about.; Reply to this comment


by triumph111 July 17, 2009 1:13 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. In 2008 they found 478 of these kinds of cases.; Reply to this comment