A former Pennsylvania guidance counselor was sentenced to just seven years of probation for statutory rape against a 14-year-old boy.
Kelly Ann Schutte, 36, pleaded guilty in February to corruption of minors after it was revealed she had an ongoing relationship with the teen that started during a class field trip in the fall of 2022, during which Schutte sat next to the minor on the bus, court documents stated.
Other charges of institutional sexual assault and indecent assault were dismissed as part of her sweetheart plea deal.
The intimate ordeal, which was reported to police by the student's mother, began at Schutte's home, the student admitted.
Schutte would also call the student to her office during school hours, resulting in missed classes at Pennridge South Middle School in Perkasie - about an hour outside of Philadelphia.
