The Bainbridge High teacher accused of having sex with an underage teenage Bainbridge High student is a former BHS student who joined the school district in 2014.

Jessica M. Fuchs was arrested Thursday after an alleged unlawful sexual relationship she had with a male teenager at Bainbridge High earlier this year.

Fuchs was charged with two felonies — first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, and tampering with a witness — and the gross misdemeanor of communication with a minor for immoral purposes.

Fuchs was taken into custody just after 5 p.m. May 7 at her Bainbridge home. She was taken to Kitsap County Jail and booked into jail. Bail was set at $100,000.

Police Chief Matthew Hamner said Fuchs was cooperative with officers when taken into custody.

Fuchs was hired last year and was a biology and chemistry teacher at Bainbridge High.

She graduated from BHS in 2007, and earned her bachelor of arts degree at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colo.

On her school’s web page, she said was looking forward to being back at BHS.

“I am super excited to start teaching back at my old high school, give back to a community that taught me a great deal, and pass on my love of learning and science onto my students. Looking forward to a great year!” she wrote.

Parents of BHS students were notified of the arrest just after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Principal Mary Alice O’Neill, in an email to parents, said Bainbridge police had arrested a teacher — Fuchs was not mentioned by name in the email — “on felony and misdemeanor charges, including sexual misconduct with a minor.”

“We understand the sad and unsettling nature of the allegations and resulting arrest. We want you and your student to feel the environment at BHS supports their physical, and emotional safety, as well as academic growth,” O’Neill added. “Toward that end, we will continue to make counselors and staff available to help support our students.”