A 33-year-old woman who enrolled at Ashwaubenon High School posing as her 15-year-old daughter and practiced with the cheerleading squad told police she was trying to relive her high school years.

Wendy Brown was charged Friday in Brown County Court with identity theft, a felony, after using her daughter's documentation to become a student at the school.

Officials said the woman stopped attending school after the first day, prompting a truancy investigation and leading to the discovery of the woman's true identity.

Brown enrolled using her daughter's official transcript, Social Security card, birth certificate and other personal identification, according to court documents.

School officials and teachers said the student appeared older but had a teenage-like demeanor. Brown had told teachers and some school officials that she and her mother had to leave Nevada to get away from her father.

"In school you see a lot of children who look older and dress older," said Don Penza, liaison officer. "At what point do you say, 'You're lying'?"