residency cheater

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stokes parent here. Residency cheating is pretty rampant at Stokes and the school really doesn't care. My son's best friend lives in MD. The mother admitted it. He's had sleepovers at his house. We reported it to OSSE and the school, they were told that they had been reported and they submitted the same fradulent documents as before, which were happily accepted by the school.

The trouble is that the system is broken. Part of the reporting procedure asks the parent doing the reporting to prove which fraudulent documents the residency frauds turned into the school. How am I supposed to know that?

Reported your son's best friend huh? Wow.

She didn't say best friend just that they had a sleep over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stokes parent here. Residency cheating is pretty rampant at Stokes and the school really doesn't care. My son's best friend lives in MD. The mother admitted it. He's had sleepovers at his house. We reported it to OSSE and the school, they were told that they had been reported and they submitted the same fradulent documents as before, which were happily accepted by the school.

The trouble is that the system is broken. Part of the reporting procedure asks the parent doing the reporting to prove which fraudulent documents the residency frauds turned into the school. How am I supposed to know that?

Reported your son's best friend huh? Wow.

+1

+1000. I get that it's wrong and illegal, but where is your humanity? Have you no soul?

Tell it to those that got totally shut out (and are legitimate DC residents). Tell it to those on the wait list who just miss out on getting in. Then let's chat about my soul.

[Anonymous]

what if there a co-parents and one is in DC and the other in MD ? is that considered cheating? and does the MD parent need to be concerned on pick up an drop off with MD tags?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what if there a co-parents and one is in DC and the other in MD ? is that considered cheating? and does the MD parent need to be concerned on pick up an drop off with MD tags?

No because they can prove residency without committing fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stokes parent here. Residency cheating is pretty rampant at Stokes and the school really doesn't care. My son's best friend lives in MD. The mother admitted it. He's had sleepovers at his house. We reported it to OSSE and the school, they were told that they had been reported and they submitted the same fradulent documents as before, which were happily accepted by the school.

The trouble is that the system is broken. Part of the reporting procedure asks the parent doing the reporting to prove which fraudulent documents the residency frauds turned into the school. How am I supposed to know that?

Reported your son's best friend huh? Wow.

She didn't say best friend just that they had a sleep over.

Third sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me just say again, I do not know what sort of meanspirated harpy would even assume a car with Maryland plates indicates residence fraud and that they should commence stalking a child's parents for the common good of all... but man, you ladies have serious, serious issues.

In our time in dc I have met families whose parents live in different states, and families where children or parents are living with extended relatives, not always in the most secure situations. Again, because I am not a sociopathic asshole who would probably be happier in McLean than in the dcps at all, I would not inquire or even wonder further.

I also have been known to accept that sometimes in this world, other people can also have nice things.

OP never said anything about Maryland plates. Here's what the OP said:
"I just realized that a child in my kids' JKLM lives in Maryland.
Where do i report this?
I am going to type something up with all the appropriate addresses and info and send it to our principal.
Who do i send it to in DCPS central administration? "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I will call weekly until this child is removed.

This type of fraud (Marylander using a fake DC address) makes me crazy.

Why do you care what others are doing? How does it affect you? Do you have proof that this child has absolutely NO ties to DC?

My child's class is overcrowded.
I push hard on this one.

They will fill the spot if the residency cheater gets kicked out.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a lot of people are committing tax fraud. You better believe I would report a residency cheater. I would also follow up with the IRS. And if the excuse is not changing dc tags because me insurance is cheaper? That's insurance fraud. And yes I'd report that too.

Stay in PG County or move to a smaller house in DC.

[Anonymous]

And I'm not soulless. I just find it DISGUSTING that some mom would be okay turning their kid into criminal at worst, liar at best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

That sounds ridiculous. A random address??? Ummm.... No way! How did they give any proof of residency then?

When my youngest was at our JKLM two years ago there was a family there who had found a house under foreclosure and used that as their bogus address. A classmate lived next door to the foreclosed house and was quite surprised when the school directory came out to see a family listed in a house that literally had a padlock from the bank on the front door. We don't feed Deal but I'm pretty sure the kids are somehow at Deal now.

So not a random address, but not one with any legitimate connection.

[Anonymous]

I've been casually asked twice in the past year--by parents who say they live in Silver Spring--how to go about enrolling their children in my child's EOTP DCPS school. And this was asked nonchalantly, as if they didn't even realize that this might raise the ire of some IB parents like myself. I think some people truly have no idea and don't see it as a huge transgression.

Not sure what the solution is to make people realize that using the address of a friend/relative is actually a big deal, particularly when there's a waitlist of DC residents for the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been casually asked twice in the past year--by parents who say they live in Silver Spring--how to go about enrolling their children in my child's EOTP DCPS school. And this was asked nonchalantly, as if they didn't even realize that this might raise the ire of some IB parents like myself. I think some people truly have no idea and don't see it as a huge transgression.

Not sure what the solution is to make people realize that using the address of a friend/relative is actually a big deal, particularly when there's a waitlist of DC residents for the school.

Don't bother to explain it. People think it is a victimless crime. Tell that to the many hardworking families paying for daycare, kids in overcrowded classrooms, and people Waitlisted at schools they would thrive in. Report to OSSE and the IRS.

[Anonymous]

If osse won't do their job a nice tax auditor at the IRS will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do we know that not just one parent lives in Maryland while the other lives in DC? Stop being a snitch, OP!

You be a fraudster ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me just say again, I do not know what sort of meanspirated harpy would even assume a car with Maryland plates indicates residence fraud and that they should commence stalking a child's parents for the common good of all... but man, you ladies have serious, serious issues.

In our time in dc I have met families whose parents live in different states, and families where children or parents are living with extended relatives, not always in the most secure situations. Again, because I am not a sociopathic asshole who would probably be happier in McLean than in the dcps at all, I would not inquire or even wonder further.

I also have been known to accept that sometimes in this world, other people can also have nice things.

OP never said anything about Maryland plates. Here's what the OP said:
"I just realized that a child in my kids' JKLM lives in Maryland.
Where do i report this?
I am going to type something up with all the appropriate addresses and info and send it to our principal.
Who do i send it to in DCPS central administration? "

Maryland plates aren't dispositive evidence of residency fraud -- could be relative, divorced parent, caregiver driving the car. But regular MD plates at pickup or drop off should be a red flag that causes school authorities to investigate further.