Teacher accused of having sex with student

A 30-year-old speech teacher was charged today with having sex with a 13-year-old boy, the second city teacher to be accused of having sex with a student. Marcia Amsterdam, a teacher at JHS 166 in Brooklyn, was taken into custody this morning.

She was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.

Amsterdam, a speech teacher, is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old boy who attends the school. It was not immediately clear if he was her student.

Officials say she was reassigned to administrative duty pending her prosecution on the charges.

Amsterdam reportedly joined the city Education Department as a substitute teacher in 1999 and became a full teacher a year later.

The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Special Commissioner's Office, which has been investigating the case.

Amsterdam is the second teacher busted for alleged sex with a student in as many days.

Twenty-three-year-old music teacher Emily Streb was arraigned yesterday on third-degree rape and other charges at Bronx Criminal Court for having allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old special education student who suffers from psychiatric problems.

Authorities say Streb had sex with the boy multiple times at her Bronx home from last October to November, and in the evening or early morning at the student's Bronx home in December.

She was released without bail, but the judge issued a full order of protection barring her from contacting the student.