NJ teacher accused of sex with student in car, classroom was ‘weird’ with young boys, former student says

The New Jersey middle school teacher accused of having sex with a student wore skimpy clothes and creepily favored the boys in her classes, according to some of her former students and their parents. 

Ashley Fisler, 36, the ex-teacher at Orchard Valley Middle School arrested on March 26 for the alleged inappropriate relationship, always acted “weird” around male students, according to a former student whose name is being withheld by The Post.

“Everybody knew something wasn’t right with her,” the now-20-year-old said. “She would flirt with all the boys on the football team, she would favor them. She would be rude to all the girls.”

The former student alleged that Fisler, who worked at the Washington Township school from 2014 to 2023, was obsessed with making sure her male students liked her — and followed them on Instagram. 

“Every year [the school] would do awards and she would never choose any females,” she said. “It was always, always, always, always, always some guy who was on the cuter side and in football or baseball.

“She was a very weird woman, a very weird woman.

“She would try to be cute — and just because you’re young and pretty doesn’t mean that you . . . can act like that to underage kids.”

Parent Kelly De Angelis claimed Fisler wore clothing that was better suited for the club than the classroom.

“She needs a lot of help,” the mother said. 

A person on Facebook who identified themselves as Tami Carr, a school mom, posted: “My daughter and I saw her on several occasions, walking throughout the township. She even walked right by my house with these two boys on a Saturday night at 8 p.m. She was dressed ‘provocatively’ for a woman her age.”

Ironically, her husband proposed to her in her Orchard Valley classroom in 2018, the same room where in 2021 she allegedly had sex with a student six times when he was 13 and 14. They also had trysts in a car.

Fisler allegedly began grooming the victim when he was just 12, according to Gloucester county prosecutor Kylie Finley. 

She allegedly continued sexting him for years — as recently as January. 

Finley claimed in court Wednesday that her office had 7,500 pages of incriminating text messages between the educator and the boy, including the victim desperately trying to cut ties with Fisler. They also allegedly exchanged nude photos.

According to Finley, the victim wrote to Fisler on Jan. 2, 2025: “I have to try really hard to rebuild the things you broke inside of me. You destroyed things inside of me. You stripped me of my innocence.”

In January of this year Fisler continued to text the teen for days even after he texted: “I don’t want you in my life anymore,” Finley claimed.

At least two other male students received inappropriate texts from Fisler, the prosecutor alleged.

Fisler sobbed in court as Judge William Ziegler denied her bail Thursday.

She was charged with six counts of sexual assault of a minor, one count of endangering the welfare of a child, and one count of official misconduct.

The top charges carry a maximum of 20 years in prison, while both second-degree charges carry a maximum of 10 years.

Fisler’s lawyer, Rocco Cipparone, told The Post his client plans to “aggressively present a defense to those charges.” He characterized stories now being told about his client as unreliable gossip.

Fisler, whose maiden name is Sulla, taught social studies, but appears to have left teaching altogether. 

After she stopped teaching, she launched her own apparel company selling unofficial merchandise for the Philadelphia Eagles, according to her business’ Facebook profile.

She also worked as a business administrator for her husband’s landscaping business in Sewell, N.J., her LinkedIn profile shows.

“The district is aware of the charges announced by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office regarding a former middle school teacher. We take matters involving the safety and well-being of our students extremely seriously,” a school district spokesperson said. “Because this is an active criminal matter, we are unable to comment further at this time.”

Fisler is due back in court on May 14.