An adult woman enrolled in three BPS high school in the last school year in a scheme using multiple pseudonyms and transfers and is now being investigated by police, BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper said in a letter to families at the schools Tuesday morning.

“I am deeply troubled that an adult would breach the trust of our school communities by posing as a student,” Skipper said in a statement. “This appears to be a case of extremely sophisticated fraud.”

The individual attended Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School and English High School during the 2022-23 year.

A BPS staff member at one of the schools identified “irregularities” in the individual’s paperwork and immediately notified district leadership who then informed police, the letter said. The adult was immediately discharged and ordered to stay away from BPS facilities.

“While the investigation is in its early stages and remains ongoing, school officials have not identified any incidents of harm to students or staff,” Skipper said in the letter. “At this time families of students who may have interacted with this individual are being contacted directly by school staff and investigators.”

Skipper said the district “will provide additional updates if relevant information becomes available through the investigation.”