Opinion: 'Jail time was warranted'

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'Lisa Glide, a former Old Bridge High School drama teacher who pleaded guilty to having a four-month sexual relationship with a student, was sentenced Monday to five years' probation. She should have received at least a portion of the 364-day jail sentence recommended by the prosecutor.

Superior Court Judge Frederick DeVesa said he didn't think incarceration was appropriate, citing the physical illness and depression that Glide, 35, of Howell was struggling with when the affair with a 17-year-old student took place. DeVesa also gave weight to a letter he received from the former student, now entering his sophomore year in college, who said he was "clearly not a young child" and that he was "the initiator of the contact, not Lisa Glide."