Dang..What some parents would do to get vacation. A New York City school employee forged a daughter's death certificate to get extra vacation time in Costa Rica and has since been fired.

Joan Bennett, 58, a parent coordinator at the High School of Hospitality and Management requested for time off and altered death certificate to get approved leave time in March and April 2010, according to the report by the Commissioner of Investigation. She lost her job that June after the forgery came to light.

It was first reported Tuesday in the Daily News of New York.

"According to the report, someone who said she was Barnett's daughter called the school on March 19, 2010, and said her sister in Costa Rica was very sick".

Later that day, the report said, another supposed daughter of Barnett's called and said her sister had suffered a heart attack and died. She said relatives were gathering in Costa Rica. I guess this is where the story gets fishy. Apparently all of the family members were not on the same page, because they all had different stories!

Barnett faxed the school a death certificate April 8, the report said.School officials were suspicious because it had different, misaligned fonts. A Costa Rican government official later confirmed the document was a fake!

Joan Barnett has been fired from her job and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor forgery charge last fall and was sentenced to 10 days' community service. How can she have the heart to try to plot a fake death. That's something you DO NOT MESS around with!

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