California 'Teacher of the Year' sentenced to 30 years for sexual abuse of students
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A former California “Teacher of the Year” was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing two of her sixth-grade students.

According to a news release from the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, 36-year-old Jacqueline Ma admitted guilt in February to committing two counts of forcible lewd acts on a minor, one count of lewd acts on a minor, and possessing material related to child sexual abuse.

“This defendant betrayed the trust placed in her by her students in an utterly reprehensible and traumatic manner,” stated District Attorney Summer Stephan. “The victims will endure lasting harm throughout their lives, and her 30-year prison sentence is justified.”

Ma was an educator at Lincoln Acres Elementary School in National City and was recognized as the former San Diego County “Teacher of the Year” for the 2022-2023 academic term.

Despite the boy’s parents not allowing him to have social media or his own electronics, Ma was able to communicate with him through an unsanctioned after-school program and through a school chat application, the district attorney’s office said.

Ma groomed the boy for over a year before she sexually assaulted him in her classroom over a period of three months while his parents believed he was participating in an after-school basketball program, prosecutors said.

Lincoln Acres Elementary School

Ma sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy in her classroom at Lincoln Acres Elementary School in National City over a period of three months, prosecutors said.  (Google Street View)

Further investigation into Ma revealed that she had targeted and sexually assaulted a second victim, an 11-year-old boy, in 2020, according to the district attorney’s office.

“No child deserves what this defendant did and I hope this sentence brings a measure of justice to the victims, their families and the community that was left reeling from this defendant’s crimes,” Stephan said.

Ma must serve the full 30 years before she is eligible for parole, the Union-Tribune reported.

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