Police allege that former Newington College geography teacher Deandra Kontou groomed and sexually assaulted a student who was under 16 in 2019, and raped him during a trip to Fitzroy Island. The case matters because the allegations span school hours and a school trip, while Kontou was later employed at another school.

Court documents allege the offending took place over six months, from May to September 2019, including grooming at the Stanmore campus and by phone, non-consensual touching and incitement, and an alleged rape on 3 November between 10pm and 11pm. Kontou, 32, faces nine sex offence charges and was granted conditional bail; she is barred from school campuses and from teaching children. The article says she remained on the public payroll at Georges River College Senior Campus, where she had been placed on alternative duties.