DN: "Felicia Barahona, former science teacher at Dewitt Clinton High School, had sex with an 18-year-old student and discouraged him from using condoms, resulting in her pregnancy. she gave birth around the time she was fired."
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DeWitt Clinton High School science teacher discouraged student from using condoms during sex trysts, leading to her pregnancy: report
Felicia Barahona, 32, engaged in a four-month period of romps 'about five times a week, on weekdays and on weekends,' the report said. Barahona was fired in August, around the same time she gave birth.
By Corinne Lestch /
Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 9:14 PM
New York Daily News
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A Bronx science teacher who embarked on a passionate affair with a student discouraged him from using condoms — and ended up pregnant.
Felicia Barahona, a 32-year-old teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School, began the four-month sexual relationship at her home on the boy’s 18th birthday.
The disturbing romance was revealed in a bombshell report by the special commissioner of investigation, Richard Condon, after the Daily News filed a freedom of information request.
Barahona, a veteran of the Afghanistan war, was fired in August — around the time she gave birth to their baby.
The relationship started during fall 2011 and quickly escalated into a sex-fest where the couple had intimate encounters “about five times a week, on weekdays and on weekends,” the report said.
When the student tried to use condoms, Barahona — who earned nearly $73,000 a year — told him “she didn’t like condoms” and “not to worry,” according to the report.
DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where a 32-year-old science teacher and 18-year-old student engaged in four months of sex romps about five times a week, internal report states.
When Barahona found out she was pregnant, her young lover accompanied her to doctors’ appointments, he told investigators.
The educator had fallen so hard, she even bought wedding rings for both of them in the hope that they would marry. But they broke up after an argument in early 2012.
The shocking affair is just one example of lewd behavior displayed by kinky teachers, according to the reports:
- Estanislao Morales, 62, a teacher at Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School in the Bronx, paid a male student to masturbate in front of him after they watched pornographic videos.
- Olympia Filosa, 26, a teacher at Tottenville High School on Staten Island, sent a student a picture of herself wearing lingerie, and a sexual relationship began. She was fired in December.
- Tara Driscoll, 35, a teacher at Law, Government and Community Service High School in Queens, engaged in sexual activity with multiple male students and sent a slew of racy text messages.
Barahona did not return calls seeking comment.
With Joseph Stepansky and Ben Chapman
clestch@nydailynews.com
[N.S.: Some uncharacteristically good Daily News comments, and one characteristically bad one follow.]
TheCitysDoormat 3 days ago
Suitably, she's been transferred for sensitivity training at "Horndog High.
ANACONDAMAN 3 days ago
Onespeed - this went on a lot during the 50s and 60s... but the girls kept quiet... and the boys did, too. This is nothing new... well, except that kids nowadays blab and brag about it.
[N.S.: That’s a damned lie.]
COOLNRELAX 3 days ago
does anyone notice that this is a trend that is just getting worse by the minute?..
POOKIE212 3 days ago
I've mentioned this previously before but one of the reasons why 20, 30, 40 something year old female teachers are engaging in sexual relationships with teenage boys is because of the shift in culture in our country.
What seemed like taboo 20, 30, 40 something years ago is now often the norm. That is, the acceptance of the cougar culture. Older women dating younger men / boys. We see this with Demi Moore and Ashton Kuscter and numerous other celebrities. Nowadays, women feel it's generally acceptable to date men half their age and not be ridiculed for it.
Once taboos get eroded, anything goes. Plus, with all these social networks out there, teachers and students are becoming fast friends, which makes it even easier for teacher and students to engage in unprofessional relationships.
Anywayz... if you are an adult high school teacher (man or woman) reading this, please go find someone your own age. C'mon man, you can't be that desperate. lol
THEYHATEME 3 days ago
I love how equality brings out the best in women.
RALF 3 days ago
Wow!! What is it with teachers, priests, rabbis and Boy Scout leaders ??? Are they all members of the Michael Jackson fan club ???
EZEKIEL123 days ago
No, they're more like Macy's.
Both have boys' pants half off.
The "it happened in the 50's and 60's excuse" is a standard apologia for depravity and anti-social behavior.
ReplyDeleteDavid In TN
There's nothing wrong with older women and younger men having relationships, as long as they're of consensual age. Of course, it's unethical for teachers to have sex with students and should be fired if they do, but outside of that there's no reason to have any moral qualms.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem absurd to see female teachers dipping into their student body for sex partners, many of them are young (under let's say 35) and attractive women, a demographic that is the most desirable toward men. Women in that category have no problem finding men who want to be with them, if anything they are fending men off. Reality is, despite popular belief that there is some man shortage (myth propagated by media), nature produces 6% more male children than female which creates a shortage of females in the reproductive demographic.
It's men that compete for these women. Young women aren't competing for men, they are deciding who they want to be with.
Women live longer than men so there is a shortage of men in the geriatric category but these female teachers having sex with students are not in it.
Bottom line is: Young women choose who they want to be with, they are not forced by circumstance, as they like to claim, into relationships with abusive men, underage males or scumbags in general, they are with them because they want to be.
Begs the question: Why do they do it? Likely they are socially stunted women who need to be with younger or psychologically damaged men to feel secure. It's strange because it's much easier for young women socially than men, it's men who have to take the initiative and put themselves out there, then it's women who accept if they are interested. These female teachers have alternatives, they just won't take them.