Trial date set for woman accused of posing as teen, enrolling in Boston schools

A trial date has been set for a woman accused of posing as a teen and fraudulently enrolling as a Boston Public Schools student.

Shelby Hewitt, a former social worker who was 32 years old when she used fake identities to pass as a student at three different city high schools in 2022 and 2023, appeared in court on Tuesday.

Hewitt was expected to enter a plea deal that would have resolved her case, but that didn’t happen. Instead, a judge scheduled the start of her trial for Feb. 9, 2026…

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