Teacher sentenced to four years for having sex with students

YOUNGSTOWN — A former Campbell Memorial High School teacher has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with three 17-year-old high school students.

Shannon Pavlansky-Wojtowicz, 31, of Edinburg, Pa., drew the sentence this morning from Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

She had entered guilty pleas in August to three third-degree felony counts of sexual battery and single counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, both fifth-degree felonies.

Jennifer McLaughlin, an assistant county prosecutor, recommended that Pavlansky-Wojtowicz be sent to prison but left the amount of prison time to be determined by the judge.

McLaughlin said, as part of the plea agreement, Pavlansky-Wojtowicz also will have to register as a sex offender.