According to the Oro Valley Police report, Ironwood Ridge High School art teacher Melissa Ann Dalton admitted to having intercourse and oral sex on multiple occasions with two male students.

An Amphitheater High School teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student has been charged with a Class Two felony.

So far in 2012, there have been three teachers arrested in the Tucson region for sexual misconduct with minors/students. Two of those teachers are from the Amphitheater School District, and one from Flowing Wells for alleged relations with a student in the Tucson Unified School District. While the details of each case are bad enough, the sad part of the news is that people are becoming used to it. It’s getting to a point where a teacher having sex with a student isn’t as shocking as it once was.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department Crimes Against Children Unit became aware that a teacher from the Flowing Wells School District was possibly engaging in sexual conduct with a minor.

The Oro Valley Police Department arrested Ironwood High School teacher Melissa Anne Dalton on Tuesday. Dalton, 33, is being charged with four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.

The Pima County Attorney’s office said charges could be filed against an Amphitheater High School teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student as early as this week.

While a local high school counselor has been charged for not immediately reporting an incident involving a teacher allegedly participating in sexual misconduct with a student, court records show the principal knew first.

The Pima County Attorney's office said charges are still pending against an Amphitheater High School teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student.

A teacher and a counselor at Amphitheater High School have been placed on administrative leave after allegations that the male teacher had sex with a 16-year-old student emerged.

Marana Unified School District officials recommended April 11 that Marana High School's varsity girl's basketball coach be relieved of his coaching position following a three-month investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. The finding does not affect his teaching contract.

A teacher at Wilson K-8 School may be facing district discipline after inviting a speaker from a Tucson lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group to address middle-school students.

Planned Parenthood flexes political muscle

Nov. 17, 2004 - In the center of Karen Penazek's class is a large silver mixing bowl, known to her students as the "Community Bowl."

Jan, 26, 2005 - Shakespeare's "MacBeth" is "too violent for children today." Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" "contains homosexuality."

Once a week, people come to the Oro Valley Public Library to discuss the biggest existential issues facing mankind.

Jan. 19, 2005 - The curtain fell prematurely on a student play at Ironwood Ridge High School recently after school administrators determined that the show was too violent and vulgar to be presented to the community.

If someone had told Nancy Harter 10 years ago that she'd be living in a modest manufactured home on the side of a mountain in Catalina, homeschooling her three daughters, she would have laughed at them. Her life today is a far cry from what it was a decade ago in Portland, Ore., where she and her husband, Kelly, lived in a 4,200 square-foot home with a Lexus parked in the garage, name-brand clothing hung in the closets and nothing-but-the-best furniture gracing their home. Kelly was working in the medical claims industry and Nancy owned her own day-care center. They were well off, but not happy.

Letters to the editor published in The Explorer’s Oct. 29, 2008, issue.

The five major executive branch offices in Arizona are governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and superintendent of public instruction. The following are overviews of the candidates in the Sept. 10 primary election races. Uncontested major and third party candidates will automatically advance to the general election Nov. 5. The Northwest EXPLORER will provide more information about their campaigns in our October general election coverage.

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