I am not posting this to state that I am attending a poor school, but because this situation really needs prayer. Both the male and female involved are good people and don't deserve to be judged.

Word of the day: Dont let people judge you for what you've done, but be the kind of person you want them to know.


Ex-school official accused of sex with student
Capital Newspapers
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PORTAGE — A former development director of Columbus's Wisconsin Academy has been charged with having sex with a student in a relationship that staff and the 17-year-old's mother both tried to stop before charges were filed.
According to Columbia County authorities, the director and the boy had sexual contact in May and June of last year at her town of Columbus home. The Columbia County Sheriff's Department began investigating the case last June.
Michelle E. Shufelt, 25, now of Chippewa Falls, was in court Wednesday for an initial appearance on three charges of sexual assault of a student by school staff. Columbia County Circuit Court Commissioner Charles Church ordered a $2,000 signature bond for Shufelt.
She is scheduled for a pretrial conference hearing March 31 and a return court date of April 25.
Shufelt told authorities on June 6 that she had been the development director at the Seventh-day Adventist school for three years and her duties were to supervise student activities and recreation. Shufelt also told a sheriff's deputy during the same interview that she had resigned her position at the school.
Shufelt's attorney, Christopher Van Wagner, said after Wednesday's hearing that she no longer has ties to the school.
"She is no longer teaching," Van Wagner said.
"She has no contact with anyone from the school."
According to a criminal complaint, Shufelt said the boy came into her office frequently during the 2006-2007 school year and in December 2006 they started a relationship that included kissing and hand-holding. Shufelt also said they had sexual contact May 28 or 29 and June 3 at her town of Columbus home, the complaint states.
The boy allegedly told the deputy he and Shufelt began dating in December 2006 before being told by school staff and his mother to quit spending time together. They resumed the following April or May and had sexual contact toward the end of May and beginning of June, the complaint states.
Shufelt reportedly told the deputy she knew it was against the law to have sexual contact with someone younger than 18 and that she knew it was inappropriate for her to have sexual contact with a student at the school.
The boy's mother alerted authorities to the relationship June 4 and said she told Shufelt to stop contacting her son, but Shufelt continued to do so.
Each of the three charges against Shufelt carries a maximum total penalty of six years in prison, a $10,000 fine or both.
Wisconsin Academy has about 115 students in grades nine through 12. According to its Web site, it formerly was known as Bethel Academy and was founded in 1899 by the Wisconsin Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
It operated in Arpin until spring 1949. On Sept. 4, 1949, it opened its doors in Columbus under the name Wisconsin Academy.