Can we get a district wide residency check of all FCPS high schools?

[Anonymous]

Reid's recent letter said that FCPS is going to do a district wide residency check of all high school sports at all FCPS high schools.

Yet, Reid and the school board refuse to do a single residency check prior to rezoning every high school in FCPS, even though many of the Gatehouse projected enrollment numbers are suspect.

How many FCPS high school students participate in "all" sports in "all" schools? Half? A third?

It must be a high percentage of high school students.

Can we parents demand that FCPS does a full residency check of all high school students, not just the sports programs? This should be done immediately, prior to any rezoning.

The residency check should not be limited to sports participation.

[Anonymous]

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid's recent letter said that FCPS is going to do a district wide residency check of all high school sports at all FCPS high schools.

Yet, Reid and the school board refuse to do a single residency check prior to rezoning every high school in FCPS, even though many of the Gatehouse projected enrollment numbers are suspect.

How many FCPS high school students participate in "all" sports in "all" schools? Half? A third?

It must be a high percentage of high school students.

Can we parents demand that FCPS does a full residency check of all high school students, not just the sports programs? This should be done immediately, prior to any rezoning.

The residency check should not be limited to sports participation.

+1

[Anonymous]

+1. Long overdue.

Like the previous poster said, this county-wide residency check should be completed prior to finalization of any new school boundaries, to ensure those boundaries reflect legitimate student populations. Additionally, there should be a county-wide residency check periodically thereafter (perhaps every other year).

[Anonymous]

It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Agreed. I know of several families whose kids are supposed to be at Lewis who are instead at WSHS. There could be legitimate reasons, but I doubt they've all gone through the proper process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

[Anonymous]

This post stinks of "tell on your neighbor". Yes, everybody should be following rules and proper procedures, but it is up to the county to verify. Soon we'll have parents stalking children home with the way these threads go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post stinks of "tell on your neighbor". Yes, everybody should be following rules and proper procedures, but it is up to the county to verify. Soon we'll have parents stalking children home with the way these threads go.

Not at all. If you live within the boundary of where your kid goes to school, it shouldn't be a very big deal to show evidence that you live there. This isn't hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

You already have to do that when you register at a school. I guess this would catch people who move out of a school district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

You already have to do that when you register at a school. I guess this would catch people who move out of a school district.

EXACTLY. You have to prove it already. Doens't help if somebody is using a "homeless" clause or a valid pupil placement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post stinks of "tell on your neighbor". Yes, everybody should be following rules and proper procedures, but it is up to the county to verify. Soon we'll have parents stalking children home with the way these threads go.

Not at all. If you live within the boundary of where your kid goes to school, it shouldn't be a very big deal to show evidence that you live there. This isn't hard.

Agree! The only people who would be opposed to this are those whose kids shouldn't be there in the first place.

[Anonymous]

FCPS schools do residency checks each year. We send letters to our families that need to be returned. If the letters “bounce” or are not returned, we know there is something fishy.

Many parents who do this are gaming the system. They own property (a cheap condo or something) in the boundary of the school they want and rent it out. When investigated, they are easily able to produce a mortgage statement. Following up on each of these requires detective work (i.e. following a family home each day) and effectively ruins the relationship with a school and the family. It would need to be an external group with a lot of time and funding.