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California ‘Teacher of the Year’ sobs as she admits to abusing two students, ages 11 and 12
An award-winning California teacher broke down in tears in court as she confessed to sexually abusing two of her students, ages 11 and 12.
Jacqueline Ma, who was named “Teacher of the Year” in San Diego County just months before her arrest, was facing a staggering 180 years behind bars for the shocking abuse at Lincoln Acres Elementary School in National City.
Ma, who taught fifth- and sixth-graders, was arrested on her school’s campus in the spring of 2023 after the mother of the 12-year-old boy contacted police — who found that the trusted teacher had groomed the boy over 10 months, sharing love letters and explicit texts.
She sent him racy photographs of herself and asked him to take and send her videos of himself engaging in sex acts — and grew frustrated when he didn’t respond.
In one message, the child reminded his teacher, “Sometimes I think you don’t understand that I am a kid still,” the San Diego Tribune reported.
In one instance, she took off her shirt after asking the 12-year-old victim for a private meeting in her classroom, according to Fox 5 San Diego.
Prosecutors said Ma also had another relationship with a current student at the time, an 11-year-old boy, and exchanged sexually charged messages with him.
California ‘Teacher of the Year’ sobs as she admits to abusing two students, ages 11 and 12
Jacqueline Ma admitted to lewd acts with her students as part of a plea deal that could see her sentenced to 30 years to life.
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