A teacher has admitted to sleeping with at least six of her students during a stint as a special education assistant.

Michelle Mellinger 49, said she slept with pupils – including one who was under 16 – while working at the McKeesport Area High School in Pennsylvania.

She reportedly told one pupil that he “was on her bucket list” before taking him back to her home to have sex with him.

Local reports state that Mellinger later contacted more students for sex before some contacted her after hearing what she had been up to.

She is said to have text one student that she “was not having sex with students anymore”.

However, she later arranged a meeting a few days later, according to Assistant District Attorney Julie Koren.

Mellinger was arrested after staff at the school contacted police when they heard rumours spreading around the school about her.

She has now admitted to one count of statutory sexual assault plus five counts of having intercourse or sexual contact with students during a court appearance.

She also reportedly confessed to one count of attempted intercourse or sexual contact with a student.

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