Everyone Knew About It
This happened between my sister and brother graduating, so it would have been 1996 or 1997. The high school Ag teacher started dating a student at some point. Everyone knew about it and the parents consented.
Our high school was, and still is, small enough to participate in senior trips, and the Ag teacher went along as a chaperone when his girlfriend was a senior. They shared a hotel room, when I believe the student was still technically a 17-year-old minor.
At the time, I remember my parents being rather put off by it, but they still hired the guy as a summer farmhand. I don’t remember if he was fired or stepped down, but by the time I made it to high school, we had a different Ag teacher.
They got married and had a child, but got divorced maybe five or ten years ago. Strangely enough, their kid goes to our high school now. I don’t know why it wasn’t a huge deal at the time, but no one really raised a stink or threatened to call the authorities.
Today it feels like a case of grooming by a predatory farm boy. Story credit: Reddit / mdiver12