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The recent crimes of 43-year-old Oklahoma schoolteacher Serena Cator<\/strong> are unsettling, but they’re not the first of their kind. Considering the seemingly recent influx of female schoolteachers whose names have gleaned headlines nationwide\u2014Sandy Carazas-Pinez<\/a><\/strong>, 33, of Yonkers, New York; Jacqueline Ma<\/strong><\/a>, 34, of San Diego, California; and Cali Heikes<\/strong><\/a>, 25, of Winside Nebraska, for instance\u2014she won’t be the last either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For about three years, Serena was known as Mrs. Cator to her students at McLoud High School in McLoud, Oklahoma, roughly 26 miles east of Oklahoma City. She was hired as a paraprofessional in the 2020-2021 academic year but served as a home economics teacher at the time of her termination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On March 16, 2023, Mrs. Cator was arrested and charged with three felonies for using the social media app Snapchat to illicit sexual conduct with at least 10 male students. Her victims ranged in age from 14 to 18, and included two former boyfriends of her own daughter. Mrs. Cator also sent explicit photographs of herself and requested the same from at least three victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Officials from McLoud High School began investigating Mrs. Cator in November 2022, when a parent came forward after their teenage daughter said her teacher was having sexual relations with several students. Mrs. Cator was terminated on December 20, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nMrs. Cator’s Consequences Are Still To Come<\/h2>\n\n\n\n