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Summary New York City school employee has lost her job over allegations she faked her daughter's death.
She allegedly faked the death so she could take a Caribbean vacation.A media report says a school official became suspicious of the forged death certificate. A special investigators report says it had different fonts that werent aligned properly.According to court records, Joan Barnett pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the case this fall. She was also fired from her job as a parent coordinator at the Manhattan High School of Hospitality Management.She allegedly told school officials her daughter died in Costa Rica so she could spend 2½ weeks there in March 2010.A Costa Rican government official later confirmed the document was a fake, noting it dated from 2005. Barnetts lawyer declined to comment. --AP
