Teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student commits suicide at Texas school where FOUR other teachers have come under similar accusations in just one year

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Jonathan Block - The Daily Mail


A Texas high school teacher shot himself to death on Wednesday, a day after he resigned from his position following allegations he had an improper relationship with a student.

Mark Lampman, 47, a government teacher at Permian High School in Odessa was found by deputies in West Odessa on Wednesday afternoon in an open field, the Odessa American reported.

Lampman, who was also the assistant girls golf coach, resigned Tuesday afternoon after an accusation about an improper relationship with a female student was made to school officials.

Even more shocking is that over the last year, four other female teachers at the school have come under allegations that they had improper relationships with students. Two of those allegations were brought up in the last few weeks.



Alisha Carrasco Knighten, an assistant softball coach at Permian, resigned last week amid an investigation into a possible improper relationship with a student.

Carrasco Knighten was placed on paid administrative leave on April 28 and resigned two days later. Her resignation was effective immediately last Wednesday, Adkins said.

In April 2013, Kathryn Maples and April Collins resigned and were eventually indicted in the second-degree felony.

An Ector County grand jury has indicted Collins and Maples on charges of an improper relationship between a teacher and student. If convicted, the could face anywhere between two and 20 years in prison and a possible fine of up to $10,000.

Ector County Independent School District spokesman Mike Adkins said that the school will boost teacher training in addressing teacher-student relationships.

'The school district provides training to address this issue each year, and we plan more in the future,' Adkins said. Our teachers are hired to teach, support, and inspire our students to great achievement and it is unacceptable to an educator to cross the line from professional to personal relationship.

'We are glad these allegations are being reported, and we investigate every report that comes to us. We will do everything in our power to address this immediately.'

Permian, which enrolls about 2,300 students, was made famous in 1990 with the publication of the book, 'Friday Night Lights,' about the school's football team. A movie and TV were also made based on the book.

[deebakes]

wowsers, must be something in the water down there