A former North Harford High School inclusion helper was sentenced to five years in prison with all but one suspended after she pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student earlier this year.
Amanda K. Miller, 36, of Whiteford was sentenced to serve four months at the Harford County Detention Center beginning Oct. 16, followed by eight months of home detention. She will then face three years of supervised probation; she will also be required to register as a “Tier II” sex offender.
Miller was arrested by Maryland State Police at North Harford High School in February after the student told investigators with the Harford County Child Advocacy Center that he and Miller had engaged in sexual acts several times over the preceding months, including in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Fallston and in the driveway of his home. The student said he and Miller had exchanged nude pictures via text messages and that Miller had driven him home on several occasions and bought him cigarettes.
Miller was hired by Harford County Public Schools as an inclusion helper on Jan. 30, 2012 and was no longer employed with the school system as of Feb. 27 of this year. An inclusion helper supports the classroom teacher by providing support to students during instruction, prepares instructional materials for students under the direction of the teacher, and charts data on student progress.
Investigators said Miller corroborated details of the victim’s story and, at the time of her indictment in March on one count of sexual abuse of a minor and two counts of third degree sex offense that “she knows her actions were inappropriate. Miller pleaded guilty to one count of third degree sex offense on May 20.
Under state law, a Tier II sex offender is required to register with authorities every six months for 25 years; the category also includes offenses such as abduction of a child for prostitution, manufacture and distribution of child pornography, and statutory third degree offenses in which force or threats were not an element of the crime.
Id hit it
Where were women like this when I was in school?
4 whole months for having sex with a child and then she gets to go home. If she were a 36 year old man having sex with a 15 year old girl, I think the sentence would be drastically different. I can’t wait to see the sentence they give Anthony Farris Jr, the young black inclusion helper who was dating a highschool girl. I doubt he’ll be walking out of the detention center after 4 months. A Tier II Offender registers every 6 months for 25 years, not life.
He was banging her inside of the school building also, why does is have to be about race. she got what the sentence was. ANd her life is screwed.
Who’s in charge of hiring these inclusion helpers? They don’t seem to be doing a good job on the background checks and personality assessments. I doubt if anyone will be reprimanded or fired, however; there doesn’t seem to be any accountability for public employees at any level of government these days.
your right, There is NO accountability, and the people who try to hold the others accountable becomes the bad guy, The people who care about the Kids and go above and beyond get pushed aside, I have never seen an operation run as poorly as the school system.
Agreed. Pretty discouraging. Then you look at the HCCPTA board, and they’re misappropriating money for family members, and they haven’t been thrown out or held accountable. What the hell is going on?
Although I am encouraged by the new superintendent. She is a pro, who is competent, cares about doing the right thing, and has no hidden agendas. Let’s hope.
your right–then you haven’t seen the Sheriff’s Department
AHHH where is commisar Burbey in all of this. Willing to bet the mighty union Lawyers are responsible for such lenient sentences. Remember the Marxists that have infiltrated the Harford County School system care little about the children, only how much money they can suck out of tax payers for “the greater good” IE their own benefit. What a ******* joke Burbey is
Background checks only work if they have a prior record. As for “personality assessments”, you’re joking right?
Aaron, there are 2 typos in the third paragraph… Driven him home and parking lot. Just wanted you to know 🙂
What about the disabled children these inclusion helpers worked with? Did anyone investigate to see if they were abused by these “inclusion” helpers? Harford County, understand, if you abuse the most vulnerable of society, those with disabilities, it WILL eventually spill over to others, namely the non-disabled children. HCPS consistently gets away with the abuse of children with disabilities. Until enough people stand up and demand that these abuses stop, it WILL continue and it WILL effect more non-disabled children.
4 mos.? The legal system redefining a “quickie”?
Kids can’t keep their mouths shut. I wish I could have hit some of my teachers in High School. Lucky Bastard.