A former Columbine High School (where the infamous massacre, 9th anniversary tomorrow, took place) pole vault coach was indicted for tampering with physical evidence regarding an alleged inappropriate relationship with one of her students.
Jefferson County officials began investigating Nicole Marie Sirbu, 29, on September 26, 2007 about an inappropriate relationship with a student on her pole-vaulting team. She finalized her divorce from her husband 2 days later.
[She] was a teacher at Stony Creek Elementary School and a coach for the combined Columbine and Chatfield high school pole-vaulting team from Sept. 1, 2006, until Oct. 1, 2007.
Sirbu had exchanged numerous e-mails with the student using her work e-mail address and her work laptop, investigators said. The indictment states Sirbu became aware of the investigation and resigned from her teaching job on Oct. 1, 2007.
When Sirbu turned in her school district-issued laptop a few days later, investigators said they discovered the hard drive originally in the computer was gone and that it had been replaced with a new hard drive.
Records obtained by investigators from a Best Buy store in Lakewood indicate that on Oct. 1, Sirbu used her credit card to buy a new hard drive of the same size as the replaced one on her laptop, the indictment said.
Jefferson County officials have no comment, and her next court appearance will be next month. The normal age of consent in Colorado is 17 (up from 15 a few years ago), but rises to 18 when a teacher is involved.
There is currently a bill (HB 1144) which would require Colorado's Department of Education to be notified if the teacher is dismissed or resigns because of accusations of unlawful contact with someone's child.
Rep. Cory Gardner, R- Yuma, said too many teachers are allowed to sign settlement agreements letting them avoid a disciplinary hearing before the Board of Education and continue to teach in private schools or universities, even though they were accused of serious crimes and can no longer teach in Colorado public schools.
Gardner introduced an amendment that would require the department to release the names of teachers and school employees convicted of child abuse or unlawful sexual behavior if it denies, annuls, suspends or revokes a teaching license.
A report to the state Board of Education last month showed that 293 disciplinary actions were taken against Colorado teachers from 1998 to 2007, including 51 sexual assaults on children and four sexual assaults involving adults.
The amendment also stipulates that if a teacher signs a settlement agreement with the Department of Education, the teacher must agree to never teach at a public or private school in this country.
Jefferson County officials began investigating Nicole Marie Sirbu, 29, on September 26, 2007 about an inappropriate relationship with a student on her pole-vaulting team. She finalized her divorce from her husband 2 days later.
[She] was a teacher at Stony Creek Elementary School and a coach for the combined Columbine and Chatfield high school pole-vaulting team from Sept. 1, 2006, until Oct. 1, 2007.
Sirbu had exchanged numerous e-mails with the student using her work e-mail address and her work laptop, investigators said. The indictment states Sirbu became aware of the investigation and resigned from her teaching job on Oct. 1, 2007.
When Sirbu turned in her school district-issued laptop a few days later, investigators said they discovered the hard drive originally in the computer was gone and that it had been replaced with a new hard drive.
Records obtained by investigators from a Best Buy store in Lakewood indicate that on Oct. 1, Sirbu used her credit card to buy a new hard drive of the same size as the replaced one on her laptop, the indictment said.
Jefferson County officials have no comment, and her next court appearance will be next month. The normal age of consent in Colorado is 17 (up from 15 a few years ago), but rises to 18 when a teacher is involved.
There is currently a bill (HB 1144) which would require Colorado's Department of Education to be notified if the teacher is dismissed or resigns because of accusations of unlawful contact with someone's child.
Rep. Cory Gardner, R- Yuma, said too many teachers are allowed to sign settlement agreements letting them avoid a disciplinary hearing before the Board of Education and continue to teach in private schools or universities, even though they were accused of serious crimes and can no longer teach in Colorado public schools.
Gardner introduced an amendment that would require the department to release the names of teachers and school employees convicted of child abuse or unlawful sexual behavior if it denies, annuls, suspends or revokes a teaching license.
A report to the state Board of Education last month showed that 293 disciplinary actions were taken against Colorado teachers from 1998 to 2007, including 51 sexual assaults on children and four sexual assaults involving adults.
The amendment also stipulates that if a teacher signs a settlement agreement with the Department of Education, the teacher must agree to never teach at a public or private school in this country.
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