Overview
- Michelle Mercogliano, a special education teacher at Conestoga High School, faces 63 criminal charges, including sexual contact with a student and providing drugs to a minor.
- The allegations involve approximately 12 sexual encounters with the student since February 2025, primarily at her parents' home in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
- Mercogliano allegedly provided medical marijuana to the student weekly since December 2024, totaling around 15 instances.
- The investigation began after the student’s family discovered marijuana packaging with Mercogliano’s name and reported it to police in late April 2025.
- The teacher has been placed on administrative leave, barred from district property, and is expected to surrender to authorities with her attorney while the investigation continues.