TOBYHANNA, Penn. – A former special education teacher at a school for troubled boys faces charges for allegedly sexually assaulting at least three teens at school and in her car.

Domenique McKillop, 27, is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault for sexual relationships she allegedly carried on with three students at Vision Quest-Standing Timbers Academy in Clifton Township from October 2012 until last September, the Times-Tribune reports.

Vision Quest is a residential program for adolescent boys that offers drug and alcohol services, alternative education aggression replacement training and GED training, according to the news site.

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School officials allegedly fired McKillop in September for “repeated violations of company policies,” when allegations against the teacher surfaced.

Three boys – who were 14, 15, and 16 at the time of the alleged incidents – told police they had sexual contact with McKillop at the school, according to the Times-Tribune.

One victim said the teacher performed oral sex on him in her vehicle for his 16th birthday, and another said she performed oral sex on him in her office and his bedroom on campus when he was 15-years-old. A third victim told state police he kissed McKillop and rubbed her breasts over her clothes on school property when he was 14-years-old.

The Times-Tribune reports “McKillop took photographs of her bare breasts on her cell phone and showed the pictures to the 14-year-old, state police said.”

The allegations are troubling enough, but the fact that McKillop allegedly imposed herself on emotionally troubled students only makes the alleged offenses that much more egregious.

There’s little doubt teens establish close connections with their teachers at Vision Quest, since they live and learn on campus, which makes it especially important for educators to maintain hard boundaries.

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McKillop allegedly violated that most basic trust between teacher and student, and may have used her position to administer her own kind of “special education.”

Hopefully, if she’s found guilty, a judge will take her role as a special education teacher into consideration and impose a penalty that will make others think twice before putting their hands on students.