32-year-old woman poses as homeless high school student

(YNN Albany/CNN) - Authorities in New York state say a 32-year-old woman pretended to be a homeless teen and tried to enroll in a local high school.

Officials said the woman attended classes for one day before she was arrested.

"They shouldn't have just been let in the door. Who knows who that person could've been?" said John Watts, Cario town board member.

Watts says he is irate 32-year-old Michaelann Goodrich was able to ride a school bus and go to classes without being questioned.

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"I just, I'm floored by it, I get goosebumps thinking about it,” Watts said. “I mean the bus driver, they don't know, they get told to pick up somebody, so they were told to pick this person up and then the teachers had to go to class, so they told the teacher. I can't believe no one would have picked up on this."

Greene County Sheriff's Office Senior Investigator Joel Rowell said the school did everything it was supposed to follow the federal McKinney-Vento Act.

Goodrich has an address in Cairo, but is originally from California and has also lived in Washington state.

Rowell says investigators need help to figure out why she did this and if she's done it before.

"We're reaching out to the parents, let us know if your child had any interaction with her and any other school districts around, we're trying to determine whether or not she tried to register with another school or not," Rowell said.

Watts says he is even more disappointed after the school passed a nearly $30 million capital project back in December

"I'm pretty mad. We pay for this security here in our school, school taxes go up every year, they do all this safety stuff. I just think it's absolutely crazy,” Watts said. “I don't know what more to say, besides, I'm amazed. I gotta show my ID when I go in the school and everybody knows me. I'm wearing a ‘Watts’ shirt, I'm not trying to kid around. I know the lady at the desk, but she still takes my ID."

The McKinney-Vento act, among other functions, ensures that homeless youth have equal access to public education as other children.

The suspect is charged with two felonies, including giving false information and falsifying business records.

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