Former Airport High School Assistant Principal Dawn Dimmler has been granted a $30,000 personal recognizance bond.

She will not have to post bond unless she fails to show up in court.

The bond hearing was held at the Lexington County Law Enforcement Complex Monday. She is scheduled for a court hearing at 9 a.m., April 5.

Dimmler, 44, has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 19-year-old AHS student. She has been charged with two counts of sexual battery.

She was arrested by the Cayce Public Safety Department Saturday. She is accused of committing one of the offenses in Cayce and the other one in Columbia.

The alleged sexual a relationship with the student was said to have taken place in March and June of 2017.

According to a letter – released by Lexington Two Monday- and dated Jan. 25; Lexington District Two investigated charges that Dimmler had a close relationship with a student.
The letter detailing the investigation, was written by Superintendent William James.

As a result, Dimmler was placed on administrative leave while the investigation continued.
The district’s investigation found that Dimmler’s actions were inappropriate “for an educator.”

In another letter, dated Jan. 31, James said he reviewed several voicemail recordings between Dimmler and a woman that revealed “a close relationship with a student who graduated in June 2017.”

The recordings allegedly include a confession and apology from Dimmler admitting that she is “in love with” the woman’s son.
An inspection of the records of Dimmler’s phone, issued by the district, and a review of her district email also supported the existence of a relationship with the student, said James.

James, based on the investigation findings, recommended Dimmler’s termination because the evidence he had seen “manifests an evident unfitness for teaching.”

Dimmler was fired by the school district during a Feb. 12, Board meeting. And the evidence found by District Two was turned over to the Cayce Public Safety Office for investigation of possible criminal activity.