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A woman was accused of entering a Milwaukee high school by posing as a substitute teacher.
According to the criminal complaint, the 23-year-old had attended Rufus King International High School in the past. A week before the incident, she reportedly visited the school and learned that faculty used a substitute teaching agency. She allegedly entered the school by blending in with students.
On September 24, several teachers were absent and multiple substitutes were working. An open substitute position remained, and the woman reportedly signed in and went to a classroom that another teacher had prepared. That teacher stayed in the room for about 20 minutes before leaving.
After the teacher left, the woman allegedly asked students whether anyone had marijuana or a vape. She allegedly used profanity and made comments about the class being boring.
The woman also allegedly separated students based on race and gender and used racial slurs and other profanity. She allegedly insulted students based on their weight, race, appearance and financial status. According to the complaint, she told one student to be quiet using profanity and claimed that she had felonies and did not care about going to jail.
Students later told school staff about what had happened. The principal contacted the substitute teaching agency, which confirmed that the woman did not work for the agency.
Police were called to the school and escorted the woman out. During a conversation with officers, she allegedly said she had pretended to be a substitute teacher because she was bored and wanted to cause trouble.
The woman was charged with five counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions and one count of impersonating a public employee.
The school also notified Milwaukee Police Department school resource officers and the district’s Title IX coordinator. The school district is conducting its own investigation into the incident.
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