LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – The Pottsgrove School District this week finds itself embroiled in a publicly reported scandal involving an alleged sexual relationship between a teacher and a student.
Allentown PA television station WFMZ-TV Tuesday afternoon (July 21, 2009) broadcast a story regarding the arrest of Pottsgrove High School special education teacher Rebecca Ann Harvey, who was charged with two counts of corruption of minors. Pottstown PA police allege Harvey, 33, of Stowe, was involved with a male student, 17, in an incident that occurred in the back seat of her car.
Harvey earlier in the day had turned herself in to police. She has denied the charges, and was freed on bail.
The student told investigators he had been a babysitter for Harvey’s children, and that the two had developed a relationship since February (2009), according to WFMZ.
District Superintendent Dr. Bradley Landis said Harvey “been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome” of both the criminal investigation and a district internal investigation, the television station reported. There was no mention today (July 22, 2009) on the district’s website of its action.
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