A former Douglas County School District teacher and coach who took a deal and pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation in September was sentenced Friday to 90 days in jail, court officials said.
Christen Cassic, a 56-year-old man from Parker, will also serve 10 years of sexual offender intensive supervised probation, which includes monitoring of all electronic devices, according to a news release from the 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Cassic was arrested in January and pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child in September, a deal that dropped an indecent exposure charge from his case, according to Douglas County court records.
Cassic started working as a computer science teacher and soccer coach at Rock Canyon High School in 2022 and was also an assistant coach at Legend High School from 2015 to 2023. He is no longer employed by the school district.
On Jan. 14, a fellow teacher at Rock Canyon High School entered a classroom and found Cassic watching pornography with his pants down, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The following investigation uncovered a “significant” number of pornographic images on a USB drive, including child sexual abuse material, as well as pictures of students taken in class without their knowledge, DA officials wrote in the release.
“This case was a profound breach of trust,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Danielle Jaramillo stated in the release. “Today’s sentence delivers accountability and provides a measure of closure for students and families harmed by his actions.”
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