Education Law
Mom Accused of Altering Daughter’s Grades Faces Felony Charges
Posted Jun 25, 2009, 03:48 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A Pennsylvania mother who worked as a secretary at her daughter's Huntingdon County high school has been criminally charged with altering hundreds of grades, including those of a few classmates, in order to enhance her daughter's academic standing.
Caroline Maria McNeal, 39, is also accused of inflating her daughter's score on the Scholastic Aptitutde Test relied on for college admission decisions, reports the Sentinel.
She allegedly used the identities and names of other school district employees to change the grades, primarily altering her daughter's academic record on district computers, the newspaper reports.
McNeal is charged with 29 counts of unlawful use of a computer and 29 counts of tampering with public records. All are third-degree felonies providing for maximum penalties of seven years in prison and $15,000 in fines, if she is convicted. She has been released on her own recognizance.
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