LEBANON, Mo. (AP) A former southwest Missouri teacher who was originally charged with a felony has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge involving sex with a student.
Thirty-one-year-old Elizabeth Ashley Morgan, an ex-teacher at Lebanon High School, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree harassment, a misdemeanor. She originally was charged with having sexual contact with a student.
The Springfield News-Leader reports Morgan, who also used the last name King, was given a one-year suspended sentence and will serve two years of probation.
She was suspended after being was accused earlier this year of having an inappropriate relationship with a male student. Morgan is no longer works for the district.
Morgan initially taught drama, speech, and radio/TV at the Lebanon middle school. In recent years, she taught speech, theater and ACT/SAT preparation at the high school.
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