NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A woman was arrested last week after she allegedly filed fake documents to enroll as a student at a New Jersey high school.
The woman attended a few classes while enrolled at New Brunswick High School, but district officials eventually discovered her scheme, according to NJ.com.
Aubrey Johnson, superintendent of the New Brunswick Public School District, made the announcement during a board of education meeting Tuesday night.
"She was here for four days before being found out and barred from entering district property," Johnson said in a video taken by a New Brunswick Today reporter. "All appropriate authorities were immediately notified, and the individual in question was arrested for providing false documentation."
She has not been identified, and the outlet was not able to immediately reach police for information or to learn what charges the woman was facing.
Students who had contact with her were asked not to contact her again "either remotely or in person," Johnson said, and their parents, as well as all other parents of children in the district, were alerted on Tuesday.
The superintendent said that the district would reassess its enrollment process to prevent it from happening again.
"Understand that when we do enroll students, through code, we must enroll all students that come our way," he said Tuesday night. "We’re going to take a look at our process as well, in terms of how to better look for fake documentation and other things."
In a statement to 1010 WINS on Wednesday, Johnson said that "a student requesting admission without being able to prove their identity must be provisionally admitted to the school," and "from that point, the student has 30 days to provide information that confirms their identity or the school district will have the option of declaring them ineligible to attend classes."
He added that the "wellbeing" of students, students, staff and the community is of the "utmost importance," and the district will "continue working with the police department" as well as "other partners in addressing this matter."
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