Former Teacher Sentenced To 6 Months For Having Inappropriate Relationship With Student

APPLETON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) – A former Appleton teacher has been sentenced to six months in jail for having an inappropriate relationship with an eighth-grade student.  Forty-seven-year-old Brian Dimmer will have to register as a sex offender after his Tuesday sentencing.  If he violates any of the conditions that have been set for him he could have to serve another 18 months.  Judge Mark McGinnis said a prison term would likely cause Dimmer to return as a higher risk to re-offend than he is now.  Prosecutors told the court Dimmer was a teacher at Wilson Middle School and a coach at Appleton West High School when he started sending sexually explicit messages to the victim.  There was no physical contact.