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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; She&#8217;s served her minimum sentence, she&#8217;s requested parole and now she&#8217;ll get to tell a judge why she thinks she deserves it.</p><p>Former teacher Lauren Harrington-Cooper is scheduled to appear at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 19 before Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough for a hearing on her petition for parole, according to court papers.</p><p>She filed the petition, which describes her as a &#8220;model prisoner,&#8221; on June 24 through her attorney Joseph D&#8217;Andrea.</p><p>Harrington-Cooper, 32, of Winola Avenue, Kingston, pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to charges of institutional sexual assault and other charges. She was sentenced to 9 to 23 months in Luzerne County Correctional Facility.</p><p>Police say Harrington-Cooper performed sex acts with male students while a teacher in the Wyoming Valley West School District. She resigned on Jan. 22, 2014.</p><style>
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Ex-teacher serving student-sex sentence gets parole hearing