Three Strikes And You've Got a Problem

What's worse than one lesbian teacher in a school district being arrested for having an innappropriate relationship with a student?

Three:

Another South Bay physical education teacher was arrested on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student — the third in two weeks.

Megan Sainsbury, 31, a teacher and former coach at Prospect High School in Saratoga, was arrested Wednesday on three misdemeanor counts of "annoying or molesting" a 17-year-old student, according to court documents.

The misconduct alleged in the documents occurred from October 2007 to January 2009. According to court records, Sainsbury and the student kissed and touched, but there is no evidence they had sex. They allegedly exchanged text messages of a romantic nature. Sainsbury bought the teen gifts, including a cell phone, to entice the girl to continue their relationship, a Santa Clara County sheriff's report contended.

Sainsbury is out on bail and scheduled to appear in court April 27 to be formally arraigned.

Sainsbury did not return a phone call from the Mercury News.

She is the third female physical education teacher arrested in the past two weeks on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with female students. The other two teachers were arrested on felony charges because they are accused of having had sexual relationships with their female students.

"You probably noticed that several teachers have been arrested on these types of charges lately,'' said Santa Clara County Supervising Deputy District Attorney Mike Fletcher, head of the sexual assault team.

"But teachers are no more likely than doctors, lawyers or newspaper reporters to commit these crimes. Sex crimes affect a wide cross-section of demographics. I think it's just a fluke.''

Uh-huh.