Plea Conference Set In Alleged Boca Raton Gifted Student Scam

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The owner of Royal Palm Montessori School in West Boca Raton — accused of engaging in a gifted student scam — is now set for a plea conference in early April, according to court records reviewed by BocaNewsNow.com.

As we first reported in September of 2023, Dayami Rodriguez is accused of providing fake gifted certification reviews to the Palm Beach County School District, leading children who may not be eligible for gifted education to be enrolled in gifted programs. She is charged with six counts of “fraudulent use of personal identification information,” and six counts of “unlawful use of two-way communications device” as prosecutors allege that a computer was used as part of the suspected scheme.

From our initial reporting on the police report: “The Royal Palm Montessori Academy (RPMA), located at 12532 Cobblestone Way, unincorporated Boca Raton, County of Palm Beach, Florida, 33428, is a Pre-K school which educates children from the age of two to five who have not entered kindergarten yet.