The Staten Island teacher whose crush on a 15-year-old student has put her in Department of Education limbo has gotten a court-appointed lawyer. The Staten Island Advance reports this could suggest 39-year-old Colleen McGraham may try to fight any attempt the DOE will make to fire her. Three years ago, McGraham was removed from New Dorp High School when a student complained about getting e-mails and instant messages from McGraham, who asked him if it......

"My feelings for him are so strong, and I can't say or do anything. Today he was standing behind me so close I could feel the heat from his body radiate to me. I wanted to just let myself go, lean backwards and sink into him." - A 2005 excerpt from Colleen McGraham's Xanga blog A judge decided that the city can attempt to fire a Staten Island teacher who documented her crush on a......