Cambria Heights approves the firing of a teacher accused of sexual contact with a student

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Cambria Heights School District officials say a former staff member accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student is no longer affiliated with the district.

District Superintendent Ken Kerchenske confirmed that the school board voted Tuesday night to accept the resignation of former math teacher and basketball coach Isaac Vescovi.

State police arrested Vescovi earlier this month after an investigation into allegations that he had sexual contact with a 17-year-old girl.

Police say the student told investigators her “relationship” with Vescovi began in the spring of 2023, when she was a sophomore at the school, and Vescovi was her homeroom teacher.

Authorities later discovered that Vescovi allegedly sent the teen thousands of inappropriate messages, and that the two even had sexual intercourse at his Patton home.

Online court records show Vescovi faces a variety of charges, headlined by misdemeanor intercourse/sexual contact with a student and unlawful contact with a minor.

He has since posted bail after his first arrest.