Police: Mom hacks into district's grading system to change her children's grades

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http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-c-northwestern-lehigh-secretary-hacks-grades-20120718,0,3984786.story?page=1

By Manuel Gamiz Jr. and Marion Callahan
The Morning Call
July 18, 2012

Most parents would do anything to help their children succeed in school, 
but one Weisenberg Township mother took it too far, Lehigh County 
authorities say.

Catherine Venusto, a former Northwestern Lehigh School District 
employee, used her knowledge of the district's computer system — and the 
superintendent's password — to change her children's grades, state 
police said.

Her daughter went from a failing grade to a medical exception, according 
to court records, and her son went from a grade of 98 percent to an even 
more impressive 99 percent.

When state police detectives interviewed Venusto, 45, at her home last 
Thursday, she admitted changing the grades and also admitted using the 
superintendent's passwords to gain access to district emails and 
personnel files, according to court records.

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