A former southern Illinois high school teacher has been ordered to spend three years in prison on charges related to sexual misconduct with one of her female students in 2010.
Thirty-three-year-old Haven Kirkpatrick of Fairfield apologized to the judge before being sentenced Wednesday in Wayne County to four years of supervised release after her prison term. Additionally, she was fined $3,000 and was ordered to pay the family of the now-18-year-old victim more than $500 in restitution for counseling and medical expenses.
Kirkpatrick was convicted in October of eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. She was serving as a health and gym teacher at Fairfield Community High School when the alleged sexual misconduct took place. She was arrested in July 2010.
