Kacy Claassen pleads not guilty to criminal impersonation and trespassing

5 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 7

The 28-year-old is accused of posing as a 16-year-old named Shamara Rashad to enrol at Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx on 13 April.
Police say she confessed after school officials linked her to social media showing her true identity; investigators allege she said the scheme was meant to secure more public assistance.
Claassen was arrested at the school, released without bond and is due back in court on 15 June, as New York City schools said they were supporting the community and pursuing the case.

Was the 28-year-old's bizarre high school ruse a desperate act for aid or part of a much larger criminal fraud ring?

Is one woman's high school impersonation a sign of a deeper data security crisis in America's public schools?