California ‘teacher of the year’ sexually abused two of her students

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A former California “teacher of the year” sobbed in court as she admitted to

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two of her students, aged 11 and 12.

Jacqueline Ma, 35, who faces 30 years in prison, muttered “guilty” and broke down in tears as the charges were read out in court earlier this week.

She has been in custody since she was first arrested at Lincoln Acres Elementary in San Diego in 2023, months after she was one of five people named teacher of the year in San Diego County.

Two months before her trial, she changed her plea to guilty on two counts of lewd acts with a child under the age of 14 with duress.

She also admitted to a lewd act involving the second child and another count of possessing material containing a minor engaged in or simulating ******* conduct.

According to prosecutors, Ma had a months-long relationship with one of the boys and sent him explicit pictures of her while asking him to do the same back.

During a hearing in December 2023, detectives read aloud messages between the two, in which Ma professed her love for the boy, The San Diego Tribune reported.

The child reportedly wrote: “Sometimes I think you don’t understand that I am a kid still and this is my only real relationship.”

A second victim was discovered as detectives continued to investigate Ma. They claimed the teacher used her position of power to coerce the two into behaviour that “was beyond inappropriate, beyond wrong”.

Ma was named ‘teacher of the year’ just months before she was arrested

Speaking after the hearing on Tuesday, deputy district attorney Drew Hart said: “Obviously she’s taken responsibility and not gone to trial.

“The consequences of trial would have been more significant. With this resolution, we’re sparing the victims from having to come in and testify in front of a jury.

“From our office’s perspective, it was very important that these be charged as not just sex offences, but sex offences done under duress and that’s what she pled to.

“This was very significant to us, not just because she won an award, but because of who she was in the community.

‘We think this plea deal sends a message to the community, not just about sex offences on children, but when you leverage a position of trust, when you leverage good faith with parents in the community and you do this to their children, there will be significant penalties to pay.”

As part of her plea deal, the remainder of the charges were dismissed by the DA’s office.

Ma is due to be sentenced on May 9 and faces 30 years to life behind bars.

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