Associated Press - September 10, 2009 11:25 AM ET

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A physical education teacher at Yakima's East Valley High School has been charged with having sex with 1 of her students.

Deputy Prosecutor Sam Chen told KAPP-TV that 31-year-old Michele Taylor was charged Wednesday with sexual misconduct and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.

A lawyer for the school district, Michael Patterson, says a student alerted the district in June and the sheriff's office began an investigation of Taylor, who was placed on administrative leave.

KAPP reports Taylor and her husband, who also is a physical education teacher in the district, are well known because they are the parents of triplets who were born prematurely and received community support.

Information from: KAPP-TV, http://www.kapptv.com/

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