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A California highschool educator as soon as named “teacher of the yr” was arrested for having intercourse with a 16-year-old pupil, in keeping with police.
Tracy Vanderhulst, a 38-year-old math teacher at Yucaipa High School, was charged with statutory rape on Thursday following an investigation into allegations that she had sexual activity with a minor, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated.
Police didn’t say when or the place the 2 allegedly had intercourse.
The sufferer was described as a 16-year-old highschool pupil at Yucaipa High School, though it’s not clear if he’s nonetheless a pupil there.
Vanderhulst was booked into Central Detention Center in San Bernardino.
Her bail was set at $30,000, in keeping with the sheriff’s division.
“Investigators and the Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District labored cooperatively to make sure an intensive investigation into this matter was accomplished,” the sheriff’s division stated in a press release.
Detectives stated they consider there could also be extra victims.
The sheriff’s division requested anybody with extra info concerning the incident to contact them.
The math teacher had beforehand been named the college’s teacher of the yr in 2017, according to local reports.
Vanderhulst, the Yucaipa High School principal wrote on the time, “epitomizes the educator so many want to be- she is the sort and progressive teacher from whom we hope our kids will develop; the educator who strives to have interaction all of her college students from her intervention lessons to her honors lessons.”
According to a Facebook post from the highschool, Vanderhulst was first employed at Yucaipa in 2013.
