Former Lancaster teacher pleads guilty to soliciting sexual contact from student
WGAL News 8 Updated: 7:30 PM EST Dec 11, 2020
Former Lancaster teacher pleads guilty to soliciting sexual contact from student
WGAL News 8 Updated: 7:30 PM EST Dec 11, 2020
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Show Transcript CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF THE DANGERS OF CO-SLEEPING. A FORMER LANCASTER COUNTY TEACHER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES REGARDING ILLEGAL CONTACT WITH A STUDENT. 54-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY STERNER PLEADED GUILTY TO FIVE FELONIES AND TWO MISDEMEANORS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS STERNER, FORMERLY A MUSIC TEACHER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER, MET THE VICTIM WHEN THE BOY WAS A FRESHMAN AND USED HIS POSITION AS THE BOY’S TEACHER TO GET CLOSE TO HIM. STERNER, WHO WILL REGISTER UNDER MEGAN’S LAW FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, WILL BE SENTENCED AFTER A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND SEX OFFENDER ASSES
A former high school music teacher pleaded guilty to soliciting sexual contact from a student in Lancaster County court.
Timothy Sterner, 54, pleaded guilty to five felonies including unlawful contact with a minor, solicitation of institutional sexual assault, dissemination of child pornography, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors.
According to the District Attorneys office, Sterner was a music teacher with the School District of Lancaster when he met the student and used his position to get close with the student.
The crimes took place over a course of three years, ending in 2015 according to Asisstant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick.
Lancaster Countyâs two poorest school districts were left out of a combined $1.5 million in the latest batch of federal coronavirus relief, expanding funding inequities at a time when school districts with high percentages of low-income students needed it most, according to a new report.
Because the latest batch of federal coronavirus aid was distributed based on enrollment, not poverty, school districts with the most need received less than they should have compared to their more affluent peers, the report states.
The report, published Monday by the Keystone Research Center, a left-leaning think tank based in Harrisburg, suggests the funding should have flowed through Pennsylvaniaâs basic education funding formula, which the state uses to fund new money to school districts each year and considers poverty and other factors.
Lancaster teacher pleads guilty to child sex charges involving one of his students
Updated Dec 12, 2020;
Posted Dec 11, 2020
Timothy Mark Sterner entered a guilty plea for sexually propositioning a student at J.P. McCaskey High School over the course of several years, all while he was a teacher at the school. Photo: Lancaster County DA
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A former Lancaster County teacher accused of sexually assaulting one of his students pleaded guilty to several charges Friday and will have to register under Megan’s Law for the rest of his life.
Timothy M. Sterner, 54, pleaded guilty to five felonies and two misdemeanors, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. He will be sentenced in a couple of months.
When: School District of Lancaster board reorganization and meeting, Dec. 1.
What happened: Board members learned that the districtâs principal training program now offers coaching to seasoned principals as they mentor trainees.
Background: The two-year principal residency program, the first in Pennsylvania, combines graduate courses at Millersville University with on-the-job experience to promote worthy faculty into educational leaders. The program, which has four graduates, welcomed two participants this year. These two former teachers receive coaching from the district and mentoring from a host principal as they work as administrators at Wickersham and Wharton elementary schools. Host principals now receive training on how to guide their charges.