Olathe ? A former teacher will spend two months in jail for having three third-grade girls take nude photos of each other in the school bathroom.

Neal Byron Lenarcic, now a stay-at-home father, pleaded no contest last year in Johnson County District Court to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child.

Under a plea deal, defense and prosecuting attorneys had recommended that Lenarcic serve 45 days of “shock time” in jail. Instead, Johnson County District Judge James Franklin Davis sentenced Lenarcic on Friday to 60 days of “shock time” in the county jail.

Davis veered from the plea deal after Lenarcic reasserted earlier claims that it was the girls’ idea, not his, to take the pictures. He apologized for not stopping it and reporting them.

“I shouldn’t have laughed it off as kids being kids,” Lenarcic said.

Davis expressed concern about Lenarcic’s statement, which prompted his defense attorney to explain that her client’s no-contest plea meant only that he agreed there was enough evidence to convict him.

“I don’t think leniency is appropriate,” Davis said in ordering the longer sentence.

Lenarcic will be on probation for 60 months after he finishes his jail sentence.