Would lie about where you live...

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PP, teaching your kids to lie? Is that required for residence in this geographical area? Wow. Just wow.

Great example. Great parents. No, not really.

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Public education in the school district in which you live. By some of the reasoning on this thread, it would be all right if you simply throw people out of their homes and you and your family take over. You want better schools then work with your school board and stop waiting for everyone else to do the work you should be doing to have better schools in your district. Too many parents are simply lazy and do nothing and expect to get everything handed to them. That isn't the way it works. There are rules and if you break them then there are consequences. If you can't do the time then don't do the crime.

Your house is your property and you own it. On the other hand, public school is not your personal property, so please stop giving the impression that you own it. Every citizen is entitled to get the same level of education no matter what socioeconomic class they belong to. And if the government and state have failed to offer a uniform education throughout the state/country, then hell yeah parents do have right to get their kids attend the school of their choice whether they live in that area or not. State/US government is at a bigger mistake than the 'liar' parents.

You are confusing Democracy with Communism. Why don't you move to China?

Wow! I am impressed by what a shitty American you are. You need to read some Toqueville and get with the program, or move to some third-world Hobbsian shit-hole. Seriously; love it or leave it.

It is de toqueville, the "de" in French denotes an aristocrat. It only shows your ignorance if you don't know his full name and the "de" is a part of his name. Did your your parents lie to get you into a better school? If so, it was an effort in futility.

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Exercise in futility, not effort in futility. You should be more careful when you call a PP ignorant. Oops.

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How about letting every family choose for themselves what school they send their kid to?
I know that that is the practice in some other countries. The schools first accept the local kids, then if they have room they accept all the others. Some neighbourhoods in boundary areas can choose.
I think the school zoning is there just because of the school bus service. If you eliminate the service, then there will be no need to fight.
Now before anyone starts a fight. Every child is worth the same. And school bus service is Chinese communism.

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DCUM Rules for those with whom you do not agree, especially if you have a good idea they have the ability to do something about the issue at hand:

First resort: name calling.

Second resort: character attack.

Third: close blinds, check outside windows, you may be next.

Don't forget spelling and grammar attack because you cannot produce an intelligent, thoughtful response.

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Anonymous wrote:How about letting every family choose for themselves what school they send their kid to?
I know that that is the practice in some other countries. The schools first accept the local kids, then if they have room they accept all the others. Some neighbourhoods in boundary areas can choose.
I think the school zoning is there just because of the school bus service. If you eliminate the service, then there will be no need to fight.
Now before anyone starts a fight. Every child is worth the same. And school bus service is Chinese communism.

This is how Arlington county does it. However- this year the good schools are filled with the local/neighborhood kids so the choice isn't there anymore except for the 4 "countywide schools" which aren't by zone.

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I used to work with someone who lived in DC and sent her daughter to public high school in Arlington. She bought an apartment which she rented out for the address.

What I found the most horrible was that her daughter, who was new to the school and had no friends there, had to lie about where she lived, couldn't have friends over, would meet her ride with DC license plates away from school so kids wouldn't see. High school is hard enough without this type of pressure.

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Often the schools become crowded because of new construction, other times because of a natural change in the neighbourhood. i.e. old people dying out and young families moving in.
From what I hear, the schools are not that eager to take in new students at the middle of the year and the kids are allowed to stay.
Some of those more snooty areas have houses that are rented out to multiple families. Nothing illegal there. The schools still have to cater to each kid and each family.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/30/AR2011013003556.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

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Anonymous wrote:How about letting every family choose for themselves what school they send their kid to?
I know that that is the practice in some other countries. The schools first accept the local kids, then if they have room they accept all the others. Some neighbourhoods in boundary areas can choose.
I think the school zoning is there just because of the school bus service. If you eliminate the service, then there will be no need to fight.
Now before anyone starts a fight. Every child is worth the same. And school bus service is Chinese communism.

This is how Arlington county does it. However- this year the good schools are filled with the local/neighborhood kids so the choice isn't there anymore except for the 4 "countywide schools" which aren't by zone.

It's also how DC does it. And again, the good schools are generally filled with the local/neighborhood kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work with someone who lived in DC and sent her daughter to public high school in Arlington. She bought an apartment which she rented out for the address.

What I found the most horrible was that her daughter, who was new to the school and had no friends there, had to lie about where she lived, couldn't have friends over, would meet her ride with DC license plates away from school so kids wouldn't see. High school is hard enough without this type of pressure.

Very very clever. If you have more than one child, it is much cheaper than private. I'm suprised I never thought of this.

You could even rent an apartment yourself for the address, and even at $1500/mo is way cheaper than a private option, especially for multiple kids.

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None of our children did one damned thing to deserve a better education than the kid one zip code over.

When the adults are fighting, you can be sure that we're not talking about the children anymore.

Adequate Parent had it right. This fight about who deserves a better education based on how much their parents earn is very telling.

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Life is based on how much you earn. Don't confuse it with attitude. If someone acts like they are all that, it is pretty obvious they are not. But I digress. You live where you can afford to live. What is so complicated about that? There are taxpayers in the "snooty" (as PP called it) areas that are paying HUGE taxes. These taxes help the rest of the county pay for their schools. How difficult is this to understand? Not very. I am grateful every day that I don't have to pay the taxes the "snooty" people pay, and that someone else is helping to foot the bill for the county. Not many people I know can afford to pay the taxes that some people pay. Some of them with no kids in the house, so they are not benefitting from the taxes going toward schools. Also, I don't know many people who can afford rent in these places.

Before you attack or feel so entitled, don't be such an ingrate. The counties are cracking down. What would your kids think if you tried it and got caught (you will). Then they have to switch schools again, make new friends, is this fair to your children? Really? What if you got deported?

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work with someone who lived in DC and sent her daughter to public high school in Arlington. She bought an apartment which she rented out for the address.

What I found the most horrible was that her daughter, who was new to the school and had no friends there, had to lie about where she lived, couldn't have friends over, would meet her ride with DC license plates away from school so kids wouldn't see. High school is hard enough without this type of pressure.

Very very clever. If you have more than one child, it is much cheaper than private. I'm suprised I never thought of this.

You could even rent an apartment yourself for the address, and even at $1500/mo is way cheaper than a private option, especially for multiple kids.

You do realize that if you aren't living in the apartment it is a crime? This is what the school inspectors are for. They do investigate (and I know of a few instances in Arlington) where they did find out that the children were not actively living in the apartment. They have a department that solely investigates these types of claims. You prob wont' end up in jail like the OH woman, but you will be charged with Fraud, and be made to pay some steep fines.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We left DC and spent an arm and leg on a close-in house that feeds into excellent schools. I am very risk averse and very honest. I'd be looking over my shoulder constantly. The school boards around here have staff that do investigations...really they do. They will even follow ppl home, they will do house checks on the 'registered address', etc. if they suspect a discrepancy. The people allowing for the use of their address also face criminal charges.

I feel for the disadvantaged families stuck in crappy schools.

Can you tell me where the excellent schools are in Arlington/your neighbborhood?