A 30-year-old mother was arrested after posing as her teen daughter at a Texas middle school. Casey Garcia says she did it to prove a point for better security.
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office officials said deputies were notified by San Elizario Independent School District campus officials of Garcia trespassing and posing as a student.
Garcia filmed her experience in the school and posted the video on YouTube.
In the video titled “Going to school as my 13yr old daughter (Middle School edition)” she says, “Do I look like a seventh grader? No? Cool. Awesome.”
Garcia says that after she was asked for her ID number and asked whether she had signed in, she was allowed in the school.
No one noticed she wasn’t her daughter until the end of the day, when in seventh period a teacher asked her to stay after class. Garcia said, “She looked at me and she (said), ‘You’re not Julie.’”
“No, I’m not,” she says she replied. “I took off my mask, I took off my glasses, and I said, ‘No, I’m not Julie. I’m Julie’s mom.’”
Garcia was arrested on one count each of criminal trespass and tampering with government records, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office officials said. She also was arrested on an unrelated traffic warrant.
In a follow-up video Garcia made, she explains her motivation. “I’m telling you right now, we need better security at our schools,” she says. “This is about our children and the safety of our children. That’s all I’m trying to do is prevent another mass shooting.”
According to Sandy Hook Promise, the U.S. has had 1,316 school shootings since 1970.
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