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Substitute teacher accused of sex has prior conviction


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Updated: 4/03/2012 5:32 pm Published: 4/03/2012 5:20 pm
WHITE HALL, AR -- Jefferson County deputies provided us with dashcam video showing a deputy following substitute teacher Marla Sizemore after seeing a child riding on the SUV's running board last August.

According to the citation, Sizemore told the deputy her son "was goofing off and wouldn't get back in the truck."  As a result of the child endangerment conviction, a judge required her to wear an electronic monitoring system in lieu of jail time from February to March of this year.

Around that time, investigators received reports Sizemore hosted a party where high school and junior high school students drank and two teenage boys say they had sex with her.

It's got parents like Zack Hale upset.

"It kind of worries me a little bit because there's not enough checks and balances in place," Hale said.

White Hall School Superintendent Larry Smith said Sizemore's background check when she first signed up to sub came back clean.  Had he known about it, he would have taken Sizemore off the substitute list immediately, just like he did when he learned about the latest allegations.

Parents say it shows that they have to monitor their children at all times.

"It's my responsiblity and my wife's to be that more determined and precise about what we teach our children, how we teach our children," said Hale.

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jddooms - 4/5/2012 10:51 AM
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Some of the names of the minors were disclosed on this network by showing the report, if Tevo'd you can read their names! This should not have ever happened, our children MUST be protected as well as their idenity since they are minors, how did this happen? Someone needs to be held accountable for the release of the names of these minors on the public television station!!!

moniluv81 - 4/5/2012 9:37 AM
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I'm sorry if I piss on anyone parade ,but this lady should have been arrested for the sexual allegations!! If a male substitute teacher had done this he would have been arrested with his face olasterd on every newspaper & social network page. Can you say double standards? She shouldn't of even been able to volunteer anywhere near kids seeing that she can't control her own son? I see where it was stated that her son was hyper..well she should of got hype with him & whooped his butt!! The sizemores are a well known wealthy family in this community, so I'm almost certain that their money is keeping the cuffs off & her from having a mug shot. Wrong is wrong & if you arrest these perverted men then surely you can arrest this alleged child molesting pedophiles !!

Dude III - 4/4/2012 4:58 PM
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party,drinking,sex with teacher. What more could one ask for?

Eugenia - 4/4/2012 4:26 PM
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For the record, I know the Sizemores, and the 'child' in question is 15 or 16 years old. He's always been tiny for his age. He's also always been a hyperactive, rough-and-tumble kid - "all boy", as it were. I'm not saying it was appropriate in the slightest for her to continue to drive with him standing on the running board, but I'm also not surprised that he was "acting up" in that way.

TruthTeller - 4/4/2012 10:22 AM
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It's too late for those she has already victimized. HOPEFULLY though someone will make certain she never works in a school setting again. A repeat would be even worse.

Lilred - 4/4/2012 9:46 AM
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I'm honestly left speechless and that is not normal for me. What is the legal system thinking and not putting this woman in jail for child Endangerment. This woman was driving around with her son hangin on the side of her SUV and says he was acting up. From the look of it her son looked to be no older then 10. When are us adults going to take responsibility. Then to allow this woman in our schools to victimize our children. YES SOMEONE NEEDS TO SLAP THE SENSE IN HER AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO IT. Thats all the harm I can express on here..lol

dilligaf - 4/4/2012 9:03 AM
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They do a background check at the time of hiring, then thats it. They should do them every 6 months.
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