Sex Ed Teacher Who Had Sex With Student Has License Revoked

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A state education board revoked the teaching certificate of a former Bergen County Academies teacher who admitted last year to having sex with a student.

Donald DeWitt, of Warwick, New York, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of a child. He was also sentenced to parole supervision for life.

DeWitt was charged after the student's sister discovered sexually explicit emails between DeWitt and the victim and told her mother, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said last year after DeWitt was charged. The then 16-year-old victim’s mother notified local police, who notified the prosecutor’s office, authorities said.

The State Board of Examiners revoked DeWitt's biological science teaching certificate that he'd held since 1993.

DeWitt apologized in December for the "embarrassment and dismay I have caused" in correspondence to the board, where he also admitted to all of the allegations brought against him.

DeWitt was one of the first teachers to work at the school, NJ.com reported. He was hired in 1992. According to his school biography, he received a bachelor’s degree in zoology, a master’s degree in biology and a doctorate in cardiovascular physiology.

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Photo: Donald DeWitt/Bergen County Prosecutor's Office