residency cheater in Janney PK.

[Anonymous]

Presumably, the privilege of having their children, and the other children in their neighborhood, being able to attend their IB school. PP should check her stupidity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW this is my Janney Story (I have a kid in K.) I never got the summer mailing and went to the office to investigate. They had my address completely wrong - wrong number and wrong street (not even like Albemarle/Alton - totally different street names). I asked the woman if my form was hard to read so she pulled it out and it was very neat penmanship. It was just a straight up error. I have since corrected it.

Anyways, if I hadn't I am sure someone might have thought something was fishy, especially if they were a close neighbor to the wrong address.

Now, would I care if someone challenged my residency status? NO - because it would take me about 5 minutes to get together my documents to prove that I am IB.

OP - report them. If nothing is wrong it's hardly an inconvenience to prove it. If they are cheating, then that is that.

You read this sort of post on DCUM all the time, and it's hard to disagree that DC public school documentation requirements should be upped and rules tightened. I don't understand why this doesn't happen, year in and year out. I could easily provide triple the residence documentation I'm asked to, including HUD documents, and it would be my pleasure to. I don't want to deal with rumors swirling about where I actually live, because I got in early on hot real estate in my ward and own several properties there.

Where is the coalition of the willing to crack down on residency fraud by heading it off in the first place? Do any of our politicians so much as broach this pressing issue? Residency fraud costs DC millions yet I find nothing about raising the residency bar in campaign literature. Very frustrating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW this is my Janney Story (I have a kid in K.) I never got the summer mailing and went to the office to investigate. They had my address completely wrong - wrong number and wrong street (not even like Albemarle/Alton - totally different street names). I asked the woman if my form was hard to read so she pulled it out and it was very neat penmanship. It was just a straight up error. I have since corrected it.

Anyways, if I hadn't I am sure someone might have thought something was fishy, especially if they were a close neighbor to the wrong address.

Now, would I care if someone challenged my residency status? NO - because it would take me about 5 minutes to get together my documents to prove that I am IB.

OP - report them. If nothing is wrong it's hardly an inconvenience to prove it. If they are cheating, then that is that.

You read this sort of post on DCUM all the time, and it's hard to disagree that DC public school documentation requirements should be upped and rules tightened. I don't understand why this doesn't happen, year in and year out. I could easily provide triple the residence documentation I'm asked to, including HUD documents, and it would be my pleasure to. I don't want to deal with rumors swirling about where I actually live, because I got in early on hot real estate in my ward and own several properties there.

Where is the coalition of the willing to crack down on residency fraud by heading it off in the first place? Do any of our politicians so much as broach this pressing issue? Residency fraud costs DC millions yet I find nothing about raising the residency bar in campaign literature. Very frustrating.

You've got it a bit wrong -- every complaint I've ever read here is about MD tags. Opportunistic vampires on my tax dollars. But you're a successful business person and keep your money in D.C. -- good for you! And I want your child in my kid's class, I'm sure s/he has a lot to show the other kids on how to be successful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW this is my Janney Story (I have a kid in K.) I never got the summer mailing and went to the office to investigate. They had my address completely wrong - wrong number and wrong street (not even like Albemarle/Alton - totally different street names). I asked the woman if my form was hard to read so she pulled it out and it was very neat penmanship. It was just a straight up error. I have since corrected it.

Anyways, if I hadn't I am sure someone might have thought something was fishy, especially if they were a close neighbor to the wrong address.

Now, would I care if someone challenged my residency status? NO - because it would take me about 5 minutes to get together my documents to prove that I am IB.

OP - report them. If nothing is wrong it's hardly an inconvenience to prove it. If they are cheating, then that is that.

You read this sort of post on DCUM all the time, and it's hard to disagree that DC public school documentation requirements should be upped and rules tightened. I don't understand why this doesn't happen, year in and year out. I could easily provide triple the residence documentation I'm asked to, including HUD documents, and it would be my pleasure to. I don't want to deal with rumors swirling about where I actually live, because I got in early on hot real estate in my ward and own several properties there.

Where is the coalition of the willing to crack down on residency fraud by heading it off in the first place? Do any of our politicians so much as broach this pressing issue? Residency fraud costs DC millions yet I find nothing about raising the residency bar in campaign literature. Very frustrating.

You've got it a bit wrong -- every complaint I've ever read here is about MD tags. Opportunistic vampires on my tax dollars. But you're a successful business person and keep your money in D.C. -- good for you! And I want your child in my kid's class, I'm sure s/he has a lot to show the other kids on how to be successful.

With all respect, I don't under this post at all. Are you equating residence fraudsters with entrepreneurs?

[Anonymous]

This thread happens EVERY year on DCUM.

Hearst, Thomson, Ellington, Janney, Eaton, Friendship, Wilson and of course the Capital Hill schools.

Do you know how many people DC has to check fraud? A few years ago they had 2 employees (per article when Maryland student took cocaine to Thomson Elementary).

The thought was that DC was not serious about it. Anyone know what type of fine the family got who had their child enrolled are Thomson and was "found out" because when the child went to DC Juvinelle justice system and the parents said he should not be there becuase he was not a DC resident. How about the football player from Wilson who caused the team to be disqualified?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the residency vigilantes should check their privilege.

Meaningless phrase for idiots to repeat when they have nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread happens EVERY year on DCUM.

Hearst, Thomson, Ellington, Janney, Eaton, Friendship, Wilson and of course the Capital Hill schools.

Do you know how many people DC has to check fraud? A few years ago they had 2 employees (per article when Maryland student took cocaine to Thomson Elementary).

The thought was that DC was not serious about it. Anyone know what type of fine the family got who had their child enrolled are Thomson and was "found out" because when the child went to DC Juvinelle justice system and the parents said he should not be there becuase he was not a DC resident. How about the football player from Wilson who caused the team to be disqualified?

Residency cheaters are an important constituency within the DC government and the DC political establishment.

[Anonymous]

You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

I really think it's more than half. I kind if want to start keeping track, because it really is ridiculous, and mail my findings to the Post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

I really think it's more than half. I kind if want to start keeping track, because it really is ridiculous, and mail my findings to the Post.

NP. I think you should!

I think cheating is more prevalent than some people think. For those that think we should look the other way, keep that in mind when your kid doesn't get into the school you really want them to or ends up in a school the kid hates and has to endure for an entire school year. I've seen MD plates at several upper NW schools, including Stoddert which most OOB parents would love their kids to go.

Seriously parents, report potential cheaters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread happens EVERY year on DCUM.

Hearst, Thomson, Ellington, Janney, Eaton, Friendship, Wilson and of course the Capital Hill schools.

Do you know how many people DC has to check fraud? A few years ago they had 2 employees (per article when Maryland student took cocaine to Thomson Elementary).

The thought was that DC was not serious about it. Anyone know what type of fine the family got who had their child enrolled are Thomson and was "found out" because when the child went to DC Juvinelle justice system and the parents said he should not be there becuase he was not a DC resident. How about the football player from Wilson who caused the team to be disqualified?

Or the anecdote in the Post about the teacher discussing the history of Washington, and a student raised his hand and asked "what ward is Landover in?" (where he said he lived).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

I really think it's more than half. I kind if want to start keeping track, because it really is ridiculous, and mail my findings to the Post.

Also, don't forget, half of kids in DC live with single mothers; and that's not even counting the additional percentage of kids who live with single fathers. So, it's fair to assume that a great number of those kids have one of their parents living in Maryland; and if it's more convenient for the parent or better for the kids if they go to a D.C. school, the parents could use the D.C. address of one of the parents to prove residency. This statistic alone probably represents a good number of the Maryland tags. Now, in order to get into a D.C. school when the primary parent has MD tags, they are probably misrepresenting the custody arrangement in some way; but I doubt DCPS really wants to police the issue that far in order to catch those people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

I really think it's more than half. I kind if want to start keeping track, because it really is ridiculous, and mail my findings to the Post.

Also, don't forget, half of kids in DC live with single mothers; and that's not even counting the additional percentage of kids who live with single fathers. So, it's fair to assume that a great number of those kids have one of their parents living in Maryland; and if it's more convenient for the parent or better for the kids if they go to a D.C. school, the parents could use the D.C. address of one of the parents to prove residency. This statistic alone probably represents a good number of the Maryland tags. Now, in order to get into a D.C. school when the primary parent has MD tags, they are probably misrepresenting the custody arrangement in some way; but I doubt DCPS really wants to police the issue that far in order to catch those people.

Legally - they do not get to shop for which school system they enroll their children. A parent has primary custody and the residency of that parent is where the child is enrolled in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

I really think it's more than half. I kind if want to start keeping track, because it really is ridiculous, and mail my findings to the Post.

Also, don't forget, half of kids in DC live with single mothers; and that's not even counting the additional percentage of kids who live with single fathers. So, it's fair to assume that a great number of those kids have one of their parents living in Maryland; and if it's more convenient for the parent or better for the kids if they go to a D.C. school, the parents could use the D.C. address of one of the parents to prove residency. This statistic alone probably represents a good number of the Maryland tags. Now, in order to get into a D.C. school when the primary parent has MD tags, they are probably misrepresenting the custody arrangement in some way; but I doubt DCPS really wants to police the issue that far in order to catch those people.

Legally - they do not get to shop for which school system they enroll their children. A parent has primary custody and the residency of that parent is where the child is enrolled in school.

DC might be more flexible on this. A lot of people in Prince Georges are from DC, still go to church in DC or work for the DC government. It's like having a foot in both places. For them sending their kids to DC PS isn't a big deal if that works out better for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You go by Capitol Hill public schools and half the license plates dropping off or picking up are from Maryland.

I really think it's more than half. I kind if want to start keeping track, because it really is ridiculous, and mail my findings to the Post.

Also, don't forget, half of kids in DC live with single mothers; and that's not even counting the additional percentage of kids who live with single fathers. So, it's fair to assume that a great number of those kids have one of their parents living in Maryland; and if it's more convenient for the parent or better for the kids if they go to a D.C. school, the parents could use the D.C. address of one of the parents to prove residency. This statistic alone probably represents a good number of the Maryland tags. Now, in order to get into a D.C. school when the primary parent has MD tags, they are probably misrepresenting the custody arrangement in some way; but I doubt DCPS really wants to police the issue that far in order to catch those people.

Legally - they do not get to shop for which school system they enroll their children. A parent has primary custody and the residency of that parent is where the child is enrolled in school.

DC might be more flexible on this. A lot of people in Prince Georges are from DC, still go to church in DC or work for the DC government. It's like having a foot in both places. For them sending their kids to DC PS isn't a big deal if that works out better for them.

Fraud is NBD as long as it works out better for you!