QCAT finds inappropriate relationships with students
Two teachers, including a woman whose behaviour was slammed as “abhorrent”, have been banned from Queensland schools for having sex with students, with back-to-back decisions published on Friday.
The two cases were decided within a week of each other, with both teachers found to have formed inappropriate sexual relationships with current or former students.
The female teacher, known only as KLR in Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal documents to protect the privacy of her victims, was found to have had inappropriate relationships with four young students, aged between 13 and 18.
The teachers were accused of having sexual relations with Queensland high school students.Credit: Virginia Star
“Her behaviour was abhorrent,” the tribunal found.
The oldest of those students, “RS”, stayed overnight at KLR’s house. During a visit to a colleague’s house, where KLR was housesitting, CCTV footage was deleted without the homeowner’s permission.
“Between August 2021 and August 2022, KLR had an inappropriate, intimate and/or romantic relationship with RS, and was described by RS as his girlfriend,” QCAT found.
“KLR gave RS a birthday card for his 18th birthday, and received money and gifts from him. They communicated in an intimate and personal manner via Snapchat, lived together, and engaged in intimate and/or sexual communication and conduct.”
Between December 2021 and May 2022, RS transferred a total of $7450 into KLR’s bank account.
“KLR engaged in repeated, intentional inappropriate behaviour towards four young boys at two separate teaching institutions over a period of approximately four years, including after she was suspended from the teaching profession,” QCAT found.
