Ex-Iowa teacher convicted of filming student in restroom allowed to volunteer at school

A former Iowa teacher who in 1998 secretly videotaped a high school athlete changing her clothes has been allowed to volunteer in an eastern Iowa school district and coach a spelling bee program that works with students.

Trent Yoder, now 47, pleaded guilty to exploitation of a minor for recording the student in a restroom at an Anita elementary school, where he was a teacher.

Mid-Prairie school officials say they are aware of Yoder's felony record, but they won't bar him from working with students.

A Cass County judge sentenced Yoder, then 28, to the maximum 10-year sentence and ordered him to register as a sex offender.

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/04/27/iowa-teacher-sex-offender-exploitation-student-bathroom-film-record-volunteer-anita-mid-prairie/551253002/