middle school. disguised as her 13-year-old daughter. do i look like a seventh grader? no? cool. awesome. reporter: 30-year-old casey garcia dyed her hair, tanned her skin, put on big glasses and a marvel comics hoodie. i m going to get so caught. i m really scared now. reporter: the texas mom says she did it and recorded herself to make a point. we need better security at our schools. reporter: once inside, she gave her daughter julie s school i.d. number. garcia says the principal greeted her in the hallway. hello! good morning. good morning. how are you? fine, and yourself? great. reporter: she even got a compliment. thank you! reporter: and people gave her directions. i would have never found my way. reporter: in math class she held up her math notes. at lunch in the cafeteria she held a cheesy dish she was
i m actually so scared now. reporter: the texas mom says she did it and recorded herself to make a point. we need better security at our schoolser in once inside she gave her daughter julie s school id number. garcia says the principal greeted her in the hallway. hello. good morning. good morning. how are you? fine and yourself. great. she even got a complement. i like your backpack. thank you. and people gave her directions. i would have never found my way. in math class she held up her math notes and at lunch in the cafeteria she held the cheesy dish she was eating. this is disgusting. reporter: but in the very last period of the day well, i finally got caught. reporter: a teacher asked her to stay after class. she looked at me she s like you are not julie. i took off my mask and glasses and said, no, i m julie s mom. why the teacher asked. i said for a social