An grownup girl enrolled in three BPS highschool within the final faculty yr in a scheme utilizing a number of pseudonyms and transfers and is now being investigated by police, BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper mentioned in a letter to households on the colleges Tuesday morning.
“I am deeply troubled that an adult would breach the trust of our school communities by posing as a student,” Skipper mentioned in a press release. “This appears to be a case of extremely sophisticated fraud.”
The particular person attended Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School and English High School through the 2022-23 yr.
A BPS employees member at one of many colleges recognized “irregularities” within the particular person’s paperwork and instantly notified district management who then knowledgeable police, the letter mentioned. The grownup was instantly discharged and ordered to avoid BPS services.
“While the investigation is in its early stages and remains ongoing, school officials have not identified any incidents of harm to students or staff,” Skipper mentioned within the letter. “At this time families of students who may have interacted with this individual are being contacted directly by school staff and investigators.”
Skipper mentioned the district “will provide additional updates if relevant information becomes available through the investigation.”
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