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   From: losers@dnc.org   
      
   A former married high school teacher convicted of having sex with an   
   underage student won’t face any jail time despite her victim’s mother   
   claiming the educator’s “predatory actions” stripped the student of his   
   dreams.   
      
   McKenna Kindred, 25, who taught at Central Valley High School in Spokane   
   Valley, Wash., pleaded guilty Thursday to amended charges of   
   second-degree sexual misconduct with a minor and communication with a   
   minor for immoral purposes.   
      
   The teacher’s inappropriate relationship with the 17-year-old student   
   began in June 2022, when the minor discovered Kindred’s Instagram   
   account and the two began messaging each other, according to the   
   Spokeman-Review.   
      
   Sometime in November of that year, Kindred and the student had sex   
   inside her home while Kindred’s husband was on a hunting trip.   
      
   The teen’s friends shared screenshots of the messages with school   
   officials in December 2022.   
      
   Both Kindred and the teen at the time had denied any sexual relationship   
   as rumors began to spread around the school, including the teacher being   
   harassed by someone on social media, the outlet reported.   
      
   An investigation was launched into Kindred’s behavior, leading   
   detectives to speak with the teen, who admitted to messaging the teacher   
   and even exchanging inappropriate videos with each other.   
      
   The teen admitted to contacting Kindred over Instagram and having sex   
   with the teacher at her home.   
      
   The investigation found Kindred sent several sexually alluding messages   
   to the teen, KHQ previously reported.   
      
   “I wanted you to be in my room.”   
      
   “When other girls talk about you in my class I could feel myself getting   
   mad.”   
      
   “I really like being touched by you.”   
      
   Detectives seized the teen’s phone and found selfie-styled photos of   
   both Kindred and the student but did not find “any photos that appeared   
   overtly sexual in nature,” according to the outlet.   
      
   The school district placed Kindred on administrative leave in Dec. 2022,   
   before she resigned in 2023.   
      
   The victim’s mother claimed Kindred began to groom her son when he was   
   16, and her actions were an “abuse of power.”   
      
   “I barely slept for several weeks in fear of the physical retaliation   
   [my son] might be victim to as McKenna involved him in her adult marital   
   affairs,” Ashley Beckley said during her impact statement to the court,   
   according to KHQ.   
      
   Beckley also claimed Kindred’s actions made her son unable to finish   
   school on campus, affecting his social, emotional and academic   
   well-being.   
      
   “A light he used to carry has been dimmed,” she said.   
      
   Kindred apologized to the teen and his family, acknowledging the pain   
   she caused.   
      
   “I know this past year has been incredibly difficult for all involved.   
   As a result of my actions, I’ve lost my career, valuable friendships,   
   freedoms and have let down countless people who placed their trust in   
   me,” she said to the court in a prepared statement.   
      
   “My mental health has also significantly been affected by this event. I   
   am deeply ashamed of the pain I have caused.”   
      
   Kindred, who has been free on bond since her arrest in 2022, was   
   sentenced to 2 years of probation, handed $700 in fines and fees and   
   ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years   
      
   Since her arrest, Kindred voluntarily began seeing a counselor for her   
   mental health, according to the Spokesman-Review.   
      
   Kindred’s counselor said the teacher’s mental health, depression,   
   anxiety and marital issues weren’t an excuse for her crimes but had   
   contributed to them.   
      
   “She’s suffered severe collateral consequences,” he added.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2024/03/30/us-news/former-washington-state-high-school   
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