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Teacher of the year finalist who groomed teen refused to cut ties with him even after being charged

A former finalist to be the 2025 Colorado Teacher of the Year will spend more than a decade behind bars after she sexually exploited a 16-year-old former student. Tera Johnson-Swartz, 45, a former ...
AOL

Teacher of the Year finalist gets 14 years for sexual relationship with student she kept contacting

A former Colorado teacher and a 2025 state Teacher of the Year finalist was sentenced to 14 years in prison after authorities say she engaged in a sexual relationship with a student and reportedly ...
AOL.co.uk

Teacher of the Year finalist refused to cut ties with student she had sex with — even after being charged: ‘She is pretty stupid’

A finalist for Colorado's Teacher of the Year used music and drugs to groom a 16-year-old student for sex — and then continued to contact him even after she was fired and hit with serious charges.
Oxygen

Teacher Sentenced to Prison After Repeatedly Contacting Student She Had Sexual Relationship With

Tera Johnson-Swartz, a 2024 finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year, is now facing more than a decade behind bars after she couldn’t stay away from a 16-year-old student she had a sexual ...
The Denver Post

STEM School Highlands Ranch teacher kissed, smoked with student, police say

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A STEM School Highlands Ranch teacher allegedly kissed a student and gave them marijuana and cigarettes, according to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office ...