Grading the Newest Sex Scandal Teacher
Kentucky – Amanda Phillips, the 37-year-old special needs teacher at Eastside Elementary School who has been charged with four counts of first-degree sexual abuse, was able to bond out with $5,000 cash before being taken to jail Wednesday.
During a Thursday afternoon press conference in Cynthiana, Tpr. Charles Loudermilik, KSP public affairs officer from Dry Ridge Post 6, said the initital complaint came from Harrison County Superintendent Andy Dotson on Wednesday.
According to the complaint warrant, Phillips admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a student who was over 12 years old and occurred on “several occasions.” The incidents are alleged to have occurred during the summer of 2018 at Phillips’ residence. The warrant states that the relationship went beyond kissing, however, according to Tpr. Loudermilk, did not include sexual intercourse. …
Phillips was currently employed by Harrison County School District as a special needs teacher. The victim in the case was a prior student and was over the age of 12 years old at the time of the relationship.
Detectives are continuing their investigation and confirmed that there were no other students involved in a relationship with the teacher.
Lest anyone operate under the delusion I’ve been neglecting my Grading the Newest Sex Scandal Teacher duties just because I’ve got a team coming off a historic win and headed to another Super Bowl, you can guess again. I’m here. I’m paying attention. I’ve got SSTs in my inbox. It’s all a matter of time management. Of priorities. Triage, if you will. Some patients need immediate care. Some can wait. The trick is knowing which is which.
And that brings me to Amanda Phillips. More importantly, to the Kentucky State Police who are investigating her. What is this? She admitted to something that’s more than kissing but less than intercourse? The student is older than 12 but younger (we assume) 18? She’s a Special Ed teacher and this kid was a student but they’re not saying how “Special” his “Ed” was? What gives, Trooper Loudermilk? Are we playing charades here or reporting on a crime? How many syllables? “Sounds like …?” C’mon, give us hints. How am I supposed to do my job when the police spokesman won’t do his?
The Grades:
Looks: Does anyone else look at Amanda and hear “Weekend Update. With your host … Colin Jost!”? But then, I look like Wayland Smithers and he’s dating Scarlet Johannson so I’m in no position to talk.
Grade: C
Moral Compass/Bad Judgment: It’s hard to give her a much of a grade here. Not for doing something somewhere between kissing and intercourse, with someone somewhere between 12 and whatever who’s on the spectrum somewhere between a little dyslexia and complete special needs. Not when there are insane young ladies out there busting their hump to have full on sex with totally able-bodied school running backs and choir boys. It would be a disservice to the ones out there giving it their all.
Grade: C-
Intangibles: I’m going to skip right over the Loudermilk puns because the Trooper’s family hears them enough and just ask if maybe she didn’t have intercourse due to a Dry Ridge. And even I’m not sure what that means.
Grade: C+
Overall: C. It’s still early but the year is off to a slow start.
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