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Former Beulah Middle Teacher Convicted Of Sex Crimes With Student
June 7, 2025
A former Beulah Middle School teacher was convicted this week on sex crimes involving a student.
A jury found 63-year-old Winston Hezekiah Foster guilty of two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful activity with certain minors. When he is sentenced in August, he faces up to 60 years in prison.
The State Attorney’s Office received a complaint from the victim who alleged Foster, her former middle school art teacher, had a sexual relationship with her from October of 2017 when she was 15 years old until September 2019 when she was 17 years old. She said Foster was her art teacher for sixth, seventh and eighth grade while she attended Woodham Middle School.
She told investigators that it was not uncommon for art students to visit Foster before school. She said Foster “started to be more forward with her and made comments that she thought were ‘weird’ for him to say,” according to an arrest warrant, before inviting her to do things outside of school. She said he invited her for sushi, and they went back to his house to eat. She said he kissed her, but that was it. In 2017, he allegedly took her to see a movie in about October 2017 before taking her to his house and having sex, the warrant obtained by NorthEscambia.com states.
“During the summer months, when Foster was off and his wife was at work, he would pick her up from her home and take her back to his house,” according to the warrant. The victim also alleged they had sex in a supply closet in his classroom at Woodham Middle School in 2017 and then at Beulah Middle School in 2018 and 2019. She also stated they had “virtual sex” through an app while Foster was in Houston visiting his very ill daughter.
According to school district documents, Foster was an art teacher at Beulah Middle School and previously at Woodham Middle School. His employment was later terminated.
Foster remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond as he awaits sentencing.
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7 Responses to “Former Beulah Middle Teacher Convicted Of Sex Crimes With Student”
This stuff was swept under the rug in the past, often concealed by the school administration.
We had teachers marrying their students, insane stuff; no one was ever arrested and charged.
Good to know that times have changed.
I attended woodham while he taught there, a few years before this case. To me as a teenager, it was always odd how he played favorites with females, and like this article said, when I would go to basketball morning practices at 6 and finish a hour before school, his class would be filled with nothing but girls. He always gave me creep vibes!
Was enrolled in the school at the time of his arrest. He was a horrible teacher.
For an Art Teacher, It is a shame that He couldn’t see the Big Picture Sixty Years!. Was it worth it to die in Prison? Hopefully your Daughter will think better of You when Your End comes..
This pedo became a teacher to be closer to children. He should get the chair.
You got to ask? At what point did he know what he was doing was wrong and illegal ??? And ultimately decided that I won’t get caught and if I do I’ll probably not get 60 years in prison !!!! Here is you answer bad decisions like this never works out to benefit the criminal !!! You will never serve 60 years you will die in prison and probably sooner than you think !!!!
Pure animal