180 day sentence for former teacher

MARSHALL — A former Marshall ISD teacher was sentenced to six months in jail and placed on deferred adjudication probation after pleading guilty to an inappropriate relationship with a student.According to our news partner KETK, 25-year-old Margaret Claire Burris, was arrested Feb. 2024, and charged with an improper relationship between an educator and a student, police said. The case was first reported to the Marshall Police Department in early February by the Marshall ISD Police Department.

According to investigators, they found text messages and photos exchanged between Burris and the student, some of which were sexually explicit. The evidence was obtained after a search warrant was executed on the student’s cellphone. Burris pleaded guilty Jan. 8 and was sentenced to 180 days in the Upshur County Jail and 10 years of deferred adjudication probation. Under Texas law, if the defendant successfully completes deferred adjudication probation, the charge may be dismissed and no formal conviction is entered.