Former California ‘teacher of the year’ busted for sex with 16-year-old trainee: police

A California secondary school instructor as soon as called “teacher of the year” was jailed for having sex with a 16-year-old trainee, according to police.

Tracy Vanderhulst, a 38-year-old mathematics educator at Yucaipa High School, was billed with legal rape on Thursday complying with an examination right into claims that she made love with a small, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated.

Police did not state when or where the 2 supposedly had sex.

The sufferer was referred to as a 16-year-old secondary school trainee at Yucaipa High School, although it’s unclear if he is still a trainee there.

Vanderhulst was scheduled right into Central Detention Center inSan Bernardino

Her bond was evaluated $30,000, according to the constable’s division.

“Investigators and the Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District worked cooperatively to ensure a thorough investigation into this matter was completed,” the constable’s division stated in a declaration.

Detectives stated they think there might be extra sufferers.

The constable’s division asked anybody with extra details relating to the event to call them.

The mathematics educator had actually formerly been called the institution’s educator of the year in 2017, according to local reports.

Vanderhulst, the Yucaipa High School primary composed at the time, “epitomizes the educator so many desire to be- she is the kind and innovative teacher from whom we hope our children will grow; the educator who strives to engage all of her students from her intervention classes to her honors classes.”

According to a Facebook post from the secondary school, Vanderhulst was initial employed at Yucaipa in 2013.