Tara Yvonne Stumph, formerly of Arroyo Grande High School, is the latest female teacher to receive a jail sentence for having sex with a minor boy. The fireman’s wife, who has three young children, pled no contest to the felony charge during her hearing at the San Luis Obispo Superior County Court in California.
She offered up a four-star sexual buffet to the teenage boy. Police said Stumph reportedly sent nude selfies and sexually raunchy videos to the shocked teen.
Per the Tribune in San Luis Obispo, the 36-year-old culinary arts teacher was charged with seducing a 16-year-old student last August, following an investigation by state authorities. Stumph initially denied the charges last year. The school district placed her on administrative leave when the allegations surfaced.
The boy’s family also filed a separate lawsuit against the school district, alleging that Stumph engaged in sexual relations with at least one other student before him. She is also named in the lawsuit.
According to the family’s lawsuit, complaints about her sexual affair with the previous boy were ignored by school administrators, which allowed her to consort with yet another minor. The lawsuit alleges that Stumph “cultivated” her young conquest over several months, encouraging him to trust her. This culminated in an almost year-long sexual tryst from September 2014 to December 2015. The former teacher is also accused of sending the student sexually explicit photos and videos of herself to him during that time.
As part of a plea agreement in the state’s case against Stumph, the state prosecutor dropped a second felony charge of oral copulation with a minor, as well as three misdemeanor charges of child molestation. Stumph received a sentence of 180 days by the court this Thursday. Under state law, Stumph is only expected to serve half her sentence.
The former high school teacher is set to serve her sentence starting May 1, and is ordered to four years of supervised probation upon her release. Under the terms given to her by Judge Gayle Peron, Stumph will have to undertake counseling, polygraph tests, and she will not be allowed to contact any males under the age of 18. She is also ordered to stay away from middle schools and high schools. If she violates the terms of her probation, she could serve up to three years in jail. However, she will not have to register as a sex offender.
A civil lawsuit has been filed against Stumph by her victim, seeking unspecified damages for the former student’s pain and suffering, emotional distress and attorney fees.
Stumph, along with the Lucia Mar Unified School District, Arroyo Grande High School Principal Conan Bowers, the school secretary Judy Tellez and guidance counselor Kevin Anderson, all are named in the lawsuit that also claims negligence; negligent supervision/failure to warn; negligent hiring/retention; negligent failure to warn, train or educate; intentional infliction of emotional distress; and sexual harassment.
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