APS: Address Confirmation Project 5th & 8th grade students

[Anonymous]

From an email sitting in your in-box:

Arlington Public Schools (APS) is launching the new Home Address Confirmation Process (HACP) to verify the home address of fifth and eighth grade students in preparation for the 2023-24 school year. This new process will allow us to maintain accurate student records and to comply with Virginia law and our admissions policy.

In the past, we have conducted home address checks as necessary, but this process ensures address checks occur consistently for all students at major school transition points.

We are now requiring current fifth and eighth grade families to resubmit or update the home address documents they initially provided during registration. The deadline to submit these documents is March 15, 2023.

This is the first I heard of this and only a month? Did I miss something somewhere?

[Anonymous]

What's the question here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean only a month? That’s plenty of time

[Anonymous]

I hadn’t heard about it before today either. It’s good to have a process to recheck instead of just looking into those that appear suspicious for whatever reason. I do wonder if there was some kind of incident that set this in motion.

The first deadline is a month to get in the easy ones. After they start working with families to sort things out. The real deadline is May 15.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From an email sitting in your in-box:

Arlington Public Schools (APS) is launching the new Home Address Confirmation Process (HACP) to verify the home address of fifth and eighth grade students in preparation for the 2023-24 school year. This new process will allow us to maintain accurate student records and to comply with Virginia law and our admissions policy.

In the past, we have conducted home address checks as necessary, but this process ensures address checks occur consistently for all students at major school transition points.

We are now requiring current fifth and eighth grade families to resubmit or update the home address documents they initially provided during registration. The deadline to submit these documents is March 15, 2023.

This is the first I heard of this and only a month? Did I miss something somewhere?

The email literally says "APS is launching the new...."

You didn't miss anything, they are literally explaining it to you in this email with a link that shows you what you need and where to submit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

They are rhetorical questions. What is OP's real question here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hadn’t heard about it before today either. It’s good to have a process to recheck instead of just looking into those that appear suspicious for whatever reason. I do wonder if there was some kind of incident that set this in motion.

The first deadline is a month to get in the easy ones. After they start working with families to sort things out. The real deadline is May 15.

I doubt it was one incident. There is a larger issue of address fraud in APS and this at least provides some procedure to keep it in check. It probably needs to be a little more frequent if they want to avoid as many investigations into suspicious situations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

Apparently it's a new process. I just got the email about an hour ago. What a pain to have to either find this paperwork or get a new copy... I'm annoyed, tbh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

Apparently it's a new process. I just got the email about an hour ago. What a pain to have to either find this paperwork or get a new copy... I'm annoyed, tbh.

You don’t have readily available copies of your lease or deed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hadn’t heard about it before today either. It’s good to have a process to recheck instead of just looking into those that appear suspicious for whatever reason. I do wonder if there was some kind of incident that set this in motion.

The first deadline is a month to get in the easy ones. After they start working with families to sort things out. The real deadline is May 15.

I doubt it was one incident. There is a larger issue of address fraud in APS and this at least provides some procedure to keep it in check. It probably needs to be a little more frequent if they want to avoid as many investigations into suspicious situations.

+1 there is definitely a decent amount of residency fraud in APS, both inside and outside of Arlington, asking at 5th and 8th grade seems very reasonable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

Apparently it's a new process. I just got the email about an hour ago. What a pain to have to either find this paperwork or get a new copy... I'm annoyed, tbh.

You don’t have readily available copies of your lease or deed?

Just print off your tax bill. If they won't accept it, it's their problem.

[Anonymous]

I wish ACPS would do the same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

Apparently it's a new process. I just got the email about an hour ago. What a pain to have to either find this paperwork or get a new copy... I'm annoyed, tbh.

You don’t have readily available copies of your lease or deed?

I probably do but they are filed away and, frankly, I really don't want to take the time to deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the question here?

The question was the paragraph!

OP, this it the first I have heard of it also, but I get SO many APS emails I might have missed it.

Apparently it's a new process. I just got the email about an hour ago. What a pain to have to either find this paperwork or get a new copy... I'm annoyed, tbh.

You don’t have readily available copies of your lease or deed?

+1

We had to do this when we moved within Arlington as well.