Male high school teacher has sex with student 70+ times

A male High School teacher in had inappropriate contact with a student on almost a daily basis in his classroom during half of the second semester of the 2005-06 school year, according to the criminal complaint.

Michael A. Burman, 35, of Oshkosh, is charged with 10 counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff and 10 counts of child enticement. Burman is an English teacher and also serves as track and cross-country coach at Horace Mann High School.

The former student told police last week she left study hall “basically every day” at school and met Burman in his room, where they had sexual contact behind a locked door, according to the criminal complaint. She said the contact took place “maybe like 70” times before she turned 18 in August.

North Fond du Lac police received an anonymous tip on its hotline Feb. 6 that a teacher had been carrying on a relationship with a student. Officers discovered last week who that teacher was and on Wednesday learned who the student was.

The former student said Burman had invited her to his room to show her how to use her new camera, according to the complaint. Instead of discussing the camera, she said, he began by touching her back. She said he talked about his bad marriage; that he pulled her into a corner of the room, touched her and tried to lift up her shirt, according to the complaint. In addition to meeting in his classroom, she said the contact also took place in the track room in the gym, according to the complaint. She said he wanted to have sex and he told her he would get in trouble if she told anyone about their contact. Full article here.