New Jersey teacher pleads guilty to having sexual relationship with student who lived at her home

A former South Jersey teacher accused of having a relationship with a student pleaded guilty Friday, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced. Laura Caron, who was a teacher at Middle Township Elementary School, pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct, according to Sutherland. Caron was charged in January 2025 after prosecutors alleged she engaged in a sexual relationship from 2016 to 2020 with a student who had been living in her home.Caron's guilty plea includes a five-year sentence in New Jersey State Prison. She will also forfeit her teaching license and future public employment, Sutherland said in a news release. Before Caron serves her sentence, she will be evaluated at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center to determine whether she's deemed "repetitive and or/compulsive," which could impact her sentence, according to Sutherland. Caron will also be required to register on Megan's Law and be subject to parole supe