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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(West Chester, PA) A former teacher from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was charged on Friday for allegedly engaging in inappropriate conversations with a minor during her stint as a teacher. Sixty-two-year-old Rebecca Kaelin got a first-degree misdemeanor charge of one count of corruption of minors. Kaelin allegedly engaged in inappropriate conversations with a seventeen-year-old girl from Rayne Township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. That minor was enrolled as a cyber school student at the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter school where Kaelin was a teacher. Troopers confirm that the alleged conversations happened outside of classroom and school club hours during video chat sessions. According to a media release from Pennsylvania State Police, conversations were captured on the family’s in-home “nanny-cam,” which the victim’s parents installed to ensure that their daughter was doing her schoolwork. Troopers learned after an investigation into a child welfare report from December of 2023 that Kaelin and the student discussed religion, sexuality, the mental health of the victim and other various topics. The parents of the victim also reported significant changes in the thoughts and behaviors of the victim during that time. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Kaelin mailed the victim a book suited for “mature young adults” and planned to mail her a cell phone. Kaelin also had a discussion about plans for the minor to live with her after the minor graduates from the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School. The preliminary hearing for Kaelin is on September 22nd, 2025, at 10:20 a.m.