First day drop off -- MD tags

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone notice all of the MD cars parking for Edfest? The vast majority of the cars had MD plates, a couple VA, and a few DC plates. I know some people are probably contemplating a move to DC but there is no way everyone is moving...

Principals, Teachers, Staff, Volunteers, Armory Employees

I don't buy most of the excuses in this thread, but Edfest can be easily explained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't aware that takoma park was a hotbed of residency cheats.

Well where are the hotbeds. Unless you know exactly where, without ass-u-me, these residency cheats live, well you don't know anything. Sela was mentioned as a school with MD plates for drop-off. Sela is near TP, MoCo. And then someone stated that it did not look like a car that a TP person would drive This entire thread is beyond confusing and disgusting on so many levels.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And there's at least one mean spirited asshole who wants to make the lives of those foster kids, and their caregivers, more difficult.

Sela Maryland plates though?/I guess that's fine.

So teaching foster kids to break the law is okay? Or if they aren't breaking the law, it's something cleared up in less time than your weird rants. I had to resubmit paperwork twice because I was flagged. It took maybe 5 minutes. Calm down.

Are you as stupid as you pretend to be on DCUM. Under federal law, foster children are entitled, if not required, to attend their last home school. Or the school zoned for their last home address. If the child is a ward of the District of Columbia and was originally zoned for Amidon, Brent, or Janney, the child is allowed to attend said school even if the child is in a foster home located in Silver Spring, Alexandria, or Clinton.

This explains some of the MD cars, although for bureaucratic reasons more DC kids are placed in DC rather than MD foster homes. However, the sheer volume of kids being dropped off in MD cars by people who appear to be a parent suggests that the residency fraud problem is pretty substantial. And it seems that when a a number of cases come to light in the press-- the kid who brought the parents' coke to school, the mom who sued her son's DC charter (in PG court!), the Wilson kids ruled ineligible to play football, it turns out that the kids actually lived in MD. DC needs to get a handle on it, because other DC kids are losing out and Washington's tax payers are being fleeced!

That's not true. I've been through the process, and as a DC resident they were extremely happy to see me. DC can not get enough people in DC to volunteer and become foster parents. The DC children are primarily placed in MC and PG counties. I wish more DC people would become foster parents.

Agreed. According to p.76 of http://dccouncil.us/files/user_uploads/budget_responses/ResponsestoQuestionsfromtheDCCouncilCommitteeonHealthandHumanServicesFinal.pdf, less than 44% of foster families for DC kids are actually located in DC. A majority are in Maryland. I would also guess that if you looked at where kids were placed it would be even more disparate, with DC homes more likely to take a single kid and out of state homes taking more sibling groups. Being a foster parent looks challenging on a variety of levels but I wish more people did it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't aware that takoma park was a hotbed of residency cheats.

Well where are the hotbeds. Unless you know exactly where, without ass-u-me, these residency cheats live, well you don't know anything. Sela was mentioned as a school with MD plates for drop-off. Sela is near TP, MoCo. And then someone stated that it did not look like a car that a TP person would drive This entire thread is beyond confusing and disgusting on so many levels.

I agree with you that it is disgusting that anyone would condone unlawful behavior that hurts the educational opportunities for children in Washington, DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is right by the MD county line. However the Hebrew bumper sticker and the type of car did not suggest that the driver was coming from "that" part of Maryland.

Look, I don't care. I am only bringing it up again because I'm so tired of hearing the pg county meme. I'm fairly sure there's a reasonable explanation for that car, and for most of the others you've seen.

D I they have special cars in Takoma Park? What kind of cars do they drive in TP that are not driven elsewhere?

1980's Volvo station wagon, Volkswagen microbus. Prius for the upscale set.

My girlfriend drives a convertible BMW. Her hubby a Highlander. They wouldn't be seen operating a minivan. My other girlfriend drives a 20?? SUV, but the name escapes me. They all reside in Takoma Park on the MD side.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't aware that takoma park was a hotbed of residency cheats.

Well where are the hotbeds. Unless you know exactly where, without ass-u-me, these residency cheats live, well you don't know anything. Sela was mentioned as a school with MD plates for drop-off. Sela is near TP, MoCo. And then someone stated that it did not look like a car that a TP person would drive This entire thread is beyond confusing and disgusting on so many levels.

I agree with you that it is disgusting that anyone would condone unlawful behavior that hurts the educational opportunities for children in Washington, DC.

Your statement has added nothing beyond the usually disgust in this thread. And honestly, as someone who helps the kids in DC with both my time and money, I am doubtful that beyond your own little cherry blossoms, people like you and other similar posters gives a rat's ass about the kids in WDC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't aware that takoma park was a hotbed of residency cheats.

Well where are the hotbeds. Unless you know exactly where, without ass-u-me, these residency cheats live, well you don't know anything. Sela was mentioned as a school with MD plates for drop-off. Sela is near TP, MoCo. And then someone stated that it did not look like a car that a TP person would drive This entire thread is beyond confusing and disgusting on so many levels.

I agree with you that it is disgusting that anyone would condone unlawful behavior that hurts the educational opportunities for children in Washington, DC.

Your statement has added nothing beyond the usually disgust in this thread. And honestly, as someone who helps the kids in DC with both my time and money, I am doubtful that beyond your own little cherry blossoms, people like you and other similar posters gives a rat's ass about the kids in WDC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't aware that takoma park was a hotbed of residency cheats.

Well where are the hotbeds. Unless you know exactly where, without ass-u-me, these residency cheats live, well you don't know anything. Sela was mentioned as a school with MD plates for drop-off. Sela is near TP, MoCo. And then someone stated that it did not look like a car that a TP person would drive This entire thread is beyond confusing and disgusting on so many levels.

PG seems to be the hotbed for residency fraud. And the parent profile may be someone who works for the DC government who knows how to play the system to get a decent school and free after-care on the way to work, and knows which school principals have a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to DC residency.

[Anonymous]

Right. It is bringing in Sela that makes you be outraged. 70 pages of inferences about pg (black people) and you're cool. But hashem forbid, I mention a car with Hebrew bumper stickers and Maryland plates. Cause, you know, that's hate


Thanks for proving my point.

[Anonymous]

Should I tell you what kind of 70k SUV it was too? Or can you guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is right by the MD county line. However the Hebrew bumper sticker and the type of car did not suggest that the driver was coming from "that" part of Maryland.

Look, I don't care. I am only bringing it up again because I'm so tired of hearing the pg county meme. I'm fairly sure there's a reasonable explanation for that car, and for most of the others you've seen.

D I they have special cars in Takoma Park? What kind of cars do they drive in TP that are not driven elsewhere?

1980's Volvo station wagon, Volkswagen microbus. Prius for the upscale set.

My girlfriend drives a convertible BMW. Her hubby a Highlander. They wouldn't be seen operating a minivan. My other girlfriend drives a 20?? SUV, but the name escapes me. They all reside in Takoma Park on the MD side.

Take your facts elsewhere. This thread has been nothing but stereotypes. Stereotypes for one, stereotypes for all.

[Anonymous]

Amidon - Bowen. The Md. tags are back in full force. Out for that free daycare of all day school and free Title 1 lunches. All on the District's dime. No one cares. The DCPS oversight hearing is coming up. Time to make some noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right. It is bringing in Sela that makes you be outraged. 70 pages of inferences about pg (black people) and you're cool. But hashem forbid, I mention a car with Hebrew bumper stickers and Maryland plates. Cause, you know, that's hate


Thanks for proving my point.

no Jew on earth would use the above expression the way you used it.

[Anonymous]

Chicago trying to crack down on school residency fraud. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160129/downtown/lie-about-your-address-get-into-cps-you-could-face-lifetime-ban

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago trying to crack down on school residency fraud. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160129/downtown/lie-about-your-address-get-into-cps-you-could-face-lifetime-ban

At least Chicago is cracking down. The analogous situation to DC would be if people were crossing the state line from Gary, IN to put their kids in Chicago schools. That's the situation that exists here, especially with kids whose families really live in PG County, MD.