An Everett teacher resigned over a relationship with a student. Shoreline Community College hired him months later.

Loopholes and failed investigations allowed a former Henry M. Jackson High School teacher to skirt accountability

By: Moe K. Clark and Eliza Aronson

Outlets: InvestigateWest

Published: May 2, 2026

Words: 3,615

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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In April 2024, the Mill Creek Police Department launched an investigation into Kevin Kukla, an AP physics teacher at Everett’s Henry M. Jackson High School.

A custodian had found 47-year-old Kukla receiving a back massage from a student in his locked classroom, according to the police report. Although the teacher and student, then 18, denied they were romantically involved, text messages between the two spanning years reference kissing, loving and missing each other, and being …

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