BURIEN, WASHINGTON -- The little boy was an extraordinary artist, the
teacher thought.
Mary L. appreciated all her pupils at Shorewood Elementary
School, but
this second-grader was special. She bought him art supplies and introduced
him to the
piano. Over the years, the bond grew.
``There was a respect, an insight, a spirit, an understanding between us
that grew over time,'' Mrs. L. told The Seattle Times recently.
By the time the boy was 13, teacher and student were having sex.
In May, just before the boy's 14th birthday, Mrs. L. gave birth to
his child.
Last week, the 35-year-old Mrs. L. pleaded guilty to rape of a
child. She could get up to seven years in prison at sentencing Aug. 29.
Her eyes red and her face drawn, Mrs. L. was led off to jail to
await her
punishment, though her life is already in ruins.
Her husband, who helped blow the lid off the affair after finding letters
from his wife to the boy, has filed for divorce and taken their four
children to live with him in Alaska.
22 August 1997
AP
Teen: Teacher's Pregnancy Planned
BURIEN, WA -- A 14-year-old boy who had a baby with his sixth grade teacher
showed off his ``engagement ring'' and said the pregnancy was planned to
create a bond between them.
``We made a plan. The only way to keep us together was to have a baby, so
that baby would remind me of her,'' the boy, whose name has not been
released, said in a report Thursday on KIRO-TV in Seattle.
Mary L., 35, gave birth to a girl in May as a result of the
relationship that turned sexual last summer, after she taught him at
Elementary School. She had known the boy since he was in the
second grade.
