By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Two female Long Island teachers were pulled from their classrooms earlier this week after they were accused of having inappropriate relationships with some of their male students. Donna Newton-McNally, 41, and Melanie Akerberg, 33, who are both married, allegedly carried on with a wrestler and a football player at Sachem High School North.
The two teachers are now being investigated by Long Island district officials. Sources told the New York Post that the girlfriend of one of the high school students found a text from a teacher on his phone.
The girlfriend then alerted the school’s principal, John Dolan, the sources said. The Post notes that it’s unclear whether Newton-McNally and Ackerberg actually engaged in physical behavior with the two seniors, or if they exchanged inappropriate text messages.
Police in Suffolk County have not been contacted, as both the students in question are over the age of consent. Students told the Post that they were shocked that their two teachers could have engaged in inappropriate behavior with the two students. ‘It’s just hard to believe this stuff goes on,’ one student tweeted. ‘I’m really hoping that there isn’t anything and it’s chatter.’ Both of the students, who sources say are a wrestler and a football player, both have girlfriends, sources said.
