A special education teacher who was found guilty of having sex with two underage students and bombarding them with nude photos of herself will serve only six months in jail.
Andrea Ebert, 31, from Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday to the jail time plus three years in probation after being found guilty in July of two felony counts of sexual assault.
In addition to the jail time and probation, Ebert is required to perform 500 hours of community service and will have to register as a sex offender for 15 years.
Ebert worked as a special education teacher at Rice Lake Middle School. The two teens she slept with were at the High School.
The divorcee had sex with the two 17-year-olds in her home and told them they would not get caught if they stayed quiet about the affair.
One teen, now aged 18, told police Ebert sent him up to 15 nude photos of herself during their relationship which lasted from November until last month.
Another teen, who was aged 17 when the affair began, told police he had sex with the middle school teacher at her home.
He said on one occasion the teacher sent him a text message from a bar where she was drinking asking him to collect her.
The teen said he gave her a lift home and then received about ten nude photos of Ebert on his cell phone.
In an interview with police, Ebert admitted texting the photos to the teen.
The Barron County Sheriff?s Department said it was tipped off by a concerned citizen and arrested Ebert at Rice Lake Middle School.
Rice Lake School District Administrator Bill Conzemius said the arrest on Friday was carried out in a low-key way.
'Our Director of Learning went to her room and asked her to come into the middle school office. She went down to the school office and she was transported by police to the police department,' Conzemius said.
Conzemius said none of the alleged contact happened at school, nor is there any suspicion any middle or elementary school students were involved.
He said Ebert has been placed on administrative leave without pay.
'This is always tragic, always an enormous of concern for the victims. Also, this school district is a close knit family.
What happens to one of us happens to all of us,' Conzemius said.
Counselors were made available for the alleged victims.
Ebert was charged with two counts of Sexual Assault of a Student by School Staff.
She was released from jail on a $5,000 signature bond with orders not to have contact with the victims, their families or minor children other than hers, and not to consume alcohol.
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