Amy Jones Poses as Substitute Teacher at Rufus King High School

This is a really strange story.

Prosecutors say 23-year-old Amy Jones signed in as a substitute and spent the morning hitting students with slurs and sexual comments before anyone checked whether she belonged there. Get the story from our Milwaukee Insider Deborah Prinze (@Wonder4Woman70) here: https://t.co/Tb6MNWQl9u

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From WISN 12:

A 23-year-old Milwaukee woman is facing six felony charges after prosecutors say she faked her way into a classroom at Rufus King High School as a substitute teacher and made inappropriate comments to students.

According to Milwaukee County prosecutors, Amy Jones, a former student at the school, entered the building on Sept. 24, told office staff she was a substitute teacher, and was placed in a classroom for the first three periods.

Amy Jones was just placed in a classroom. There was no verification of her identity or business at the school. That's a disturbing lack of security.

Students reported to a school resource officer that Jones was "using profane language, racial slurs, sexually derogative statements and organizing students by race and gender in class."

A 16-year-old boy told police, "The teacher was cursing and screaming at the students and that she called a student 'fat boy,' asked a student if she wanted to be a stripper or a hooker," and told two white boys in the class "they were the type of people to start school shootings."

Students also told police that Jones asked them if they were gay or virgins. At least one student recorded her behavior and shared the video with police.

What class was she "teaching"?

The school principal told police that eight teachers had called in sick that day, and only seven of those positions were filled. She said she believed Jones "got lucky because there happened to be an unfilled position."

EIGHT teachers called in sick that day? That's a lot. Is there some weird outbreak of something at Rufus King?

Why did Jones do this?

She told police she went to the school "because she was bored," adding that she "hates kids and she just wanted to (mess) around."

Really strange.

What are the consequences for Jones messing around like this?

Jones is charged with representing herself as a public employee, a felony, and five additional felony counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions.

If convicted, she could face up to 21 years in prison.

I'm sure she won't spend a day in prison.