US: Six females teachers arrested for sexual misconduct with students

Ellen Shell, 38, of Danville, was charged with third-degree rape after she was accused of having "sexual intercourse on three occasions with two 16-year-old boys," according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.

Shell worked as a teacher's aide at Woodlawn Elementary School and was employed at Lancaster Elementary School prior to that, according to WTKR.

According to the news portal, Boyle County School officials sent a letter to parents alerting them about the arrest.

The 38-year-old teacher was placed on administrative leave.

At least six recent cases of female teachers arrested for sexual misconduct have come to light in recent days in the US.

Arkansas educator Heather Hare, 32, is facing a first-degree felony assault rape after she was found to be in a sexual relationship with a teen student, reported the Arkansas Times.

Emily Hancock, 26, from Oklahoma was also arrested Thursday after local police were tipped off to her alleged relationship with a student, reported New York Post.

A substitute teacher in Lincoln County has been charged in connection with an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old student, according to KOCO.

Meanwhile, Kristen Gantt, 36, an English teacher at a Catholic high school in Des Moines, Iowa, was added to the tally Friday for allegedly having sex with a teen student five times inside and outside her school, according to the New York Post.

According to FFXNow, a teacher at James Madison High School named Allieh Kheradmand, 33, was also charged with sexual misconduct with a student over the course of several months.

A learning disabilities teacher at Fairfax County Schools since 2016, Kheradmand has been charged with four counts of indecent liberties and is being held without bond.