Crime & Safety
St. Thomas Academy Teacher Did Drugs With Students: Court Records
Court documents state a St. Thomas Academy teacher wrote a school paper in exchange for marijuana and bought alcohol for students.
After being fired from the school last week, court documents show the former St. Thomas Academy teacher told police that she wrote a paper for a student in exchange for marijuana and smoked marijuana with two students in her car.
Court records also show Kristin Marie Vanyo, 45, told investigators she purchased alcohol for students, the Pioneer Press reported:
In an interview with police investigators, according to court records, Vanyo said she bought $120 worth of alcohol for students before the schoolβs military ball and prom; wrote a paper for a student in exchange for marijuana; asked students to go out for drinks at a bar after school; offered to drive students to Duluth if they would skip school; and bought marijuana from a student.
Vanyoβs texts to the students contained many sexual innuendos, but no one has reported sexual contact or sharing of pornographic photos or videos, the court document said. The students told police investigators they felt uncomfortable with her texts but feared she would give them a failing grade if they told the truth.
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