NORWALK, Connecticut – A homeless Connecticut woman is being charged with larceny for using her friend’s address to illegally enroll her son in Brookside Elementary School outside his respective school district.
According to the Stamford Advocate, this is the first time Connecticut has prosecuted a parent for sending a child outside of his or her district. If convicted, McDowell faces up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors allege that the woman, Tanya McDowell, cheated the Norwalk school out of $15,000, which is the estimated value of the child’s education while illegally enrolled over several months.
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