Let’s talk about the latest chapter in the “this could’ve stayed a rumor, but no” saga involving New Jersey teacher Ashley Fisler.
So now, an ex-student has stepped forward, and let’s just say, the vibes were off long before things allegedly went way left. According to this former student, the classroom wasn’t just about math, science, or whatever was on the syllabus. It was apparently a full-blown episode of “What Is Going On Here?”
The ex-student claims the teacher had a habit of dressing in ways that made people raise eyebrows. Not just once, not just twice. Regularly. We’re talking outfits that had students looking confused and administrators apparently looking elsewhere, because clearly, nobody hit the pause button early enough.
And then there’s the favoritism. Yes, the classic “teacher’s pet” situation, except this one allegedly came with extra attention directed toward male students.
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.
Teachers are to know better and this revelation is a reminder that teachers are to be watched closely during school hours.
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.”
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.
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.
At the end of the day, this isn’t just messy gossip. It’s a reminder that “weird behavior” isn’t something to laugh off when it involves authority figures and students.
