Reporting families going to ACPS that live in Fairfax

[Anonymous]

Don't hate the playa, hate the game!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ACPS parent. I manage several people at work who live in MD and their kids use their grandparents' addresses in Del Ray or Old Town to go to ACPS. I can't for the life of me figure out why. My husband and I had no idea when we moved here 10 years ago all the issues with ACPS. We thought it was this quaint 1 HS, 2 MS environment. We should have just stayed in DC. We wanted a quick commute and a walkable neighborhood like DC.

It’s almost as if your experience is not universal…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a HUGE thing. City of Alexandria schools are maxed out pass capacity because of all the kids coming in from DC and MD. This is done right out in the open, a few woman at work bragged about this living in MD sending their kids to Alexandria city public schools. I don't think Alexandria seems to care though since they do nothing about it.

Meh, it's more a myth than a thing.

BS I know of 12 families who do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ACPS parent. I manage several people at work who live in MD and their kids use their grandparents' addresses in Del Ray or Old Town to go to ACPS. I can't for the life of me figure out why. My husband and I had no idea when we moved here 10 years ago all the issues with ACPS. We thought it was this quaint 1 HS, 2 MS environment. We should have just stayed in DC. We wanted a quick commute and a walkable neighborhood like DC.

They wanted to say the went to TC Williams when it was still named that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The BS that parents pull to go to a school system or stay in one is ridiculous.

I am a teacher and it is a problem and should be reported. Overcrowding is an issue. We have kids that do this a LOT in Arlington. it is common in FCPS to get into certain pyramids - fake addresses etc.

Report them all. This kind of crap hurts the system. To those that are not paying the taxes (living in one jurisdiction over another) to those that are self imposing gerrymandering with fake addresses to be in a different pyramid. Schools and school systems would probably would equal out more if parents (who rules don't apply to them) would go to the school where they actually live and be in the community.

Good on you for doing what is right.

I agree!!! REPORT IT ALL DAY LONG OP. You know who's crying about it on here calling you Karen, saying things like "don't hate the player hate the game" Thieves. People who steal what is not theirs which is schools NOT in their district and not EVEN IN THEIR OWN STATE!!! Stealing taxes is what it is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The BS that parents pull to go to a school system or stay in one is ridiculous.

I am a teacher and it is a problem and should be reported. Overcrowding is an issue. We have kids that do this a LOT in Arlington. it is common in FCPS to get into certain pyramids - fake addresses etc.

Report them all. This kind of crap hurts the system. To those that are not paying the taxes (living in one jurisdiction over another) to those that are self imposing gerrymandering with fake addresses to be in a different pyramid. Schools and school systems would probably would equal out more if parents (who rules don't apply to them) would go to the school where they actually live and be in the community.

Good on you for doing what is right.

I agree!!! REPORT IT ALL DAY LONG OP. You know who's crying about it on here calling you Karen, saying things like "don't hate the player hate the game" Thieves. People who steal what is not theirs which is schools NOT in their district and not EVEN IN THEIR OWN STATE!!! Stealing taxes is what it is!

Calm down crazy lady. It's March, students are usually allowed to finish out the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We just had a family move in down the street a few months back, I think that they are renting. My kids found out their kids are going to ACPS and we live in FCPS. I was kind of shocked and reported the family to the registrar. Is this a thing? Why move out of a district and do this?

I am shocked too. They picked ACPS over FCPS??? I would worry about their lack of common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those is FCPS do this all the time to live in cheaper better house. They pay less taxes and get to cheat to go to the better schools.

Better schools? ACPS? That's a joke, right? I'd rather send my kid to Mount Vernon than ACHS (the old TC Williams). I'm sure the first few PPs were correct that the new kid is just finishing out the year and then will move to their FCPS school.

OP should have just stayed out of it. What difference does it make to her? If she's in a well-regarded FCPS school, then those kids aren't causing more overcrowding this year. If she's in a crappy FCPS school, then simply looks spiteful (and ignorant, since she apparently thinks the ACPS schools are better).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ACPS parent. I manage several people at work who live in MD and their kids use their grandparents' addresses in Del Ray or Old Town to go to ACPS. I can't for the life of me figure out why. My husband and I had no idea when we moved here 10 years ago all the issues with ACPS. We thought it was this quaint 1 HS, 2 MS environment. We should have just stayed in DC. We wanted a quick commute and a walkable neighborhood like DC.

The classic Millennial thinking they had happened upon a "quaint" environment that apparently nobody else had discovered, without sitting down and checking out the reason WHY they could still afford to buy a house there at that time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ACPS parent. I manage several people at work who live in MD and their kids use their grandparents' addresses in Del Ray or Old Town to go to ACPS. I can't for the life of me figure out why. My husband and I had no idea when we moved here 10 years ago all the issues with ACPS. We thought it was this quaint 1 HS, 2 MS environment. We should have just stayed in DC. We wanted a quick commute and a walkable neighborhood like DC.

They wanted to say the went to TC Williams when it was still named that.

Hilarious. True and hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a HUGE thing. City of Alexandria schools are maxed out pass capacity because of all the kids coming in from DC and MD. This is done right out in the open, a few woman at work bragged about this living in MD sending their kids to Alexandria city public schools. I don't think Alexandria seems to care though since they do nothing about it.

Meh, it's more a myth than a thing.

BS I know of 12 families who do this.

Why? ACPS schools are terrible and unsafe. Why bother even if the schools in their area are terrible and unsafe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The BS that parents pull to go to a school system or stay in one is ridiculous.

I am a teacher and it is a problem and should be reported. Overcrowding is an issue. We have kids that do this a LOT in Arlington. it is common in FCPS to get into certain pyramids - fake addresses etc.

Report them all. This kind of crap hurts the system. To those that are not paying the taxes (living in one jurisdiction over another) to those that are self imposing gerrymandering with fake addresses to be in a different pyramid. Schools and school systems would probably would equal out more if parents (who rules don't apply to them) would go to the school where they actually live and be in the community.

Good on you for doing what is right.

Op says the family just moved to that home. The kids are probably just finishing out their school year. Reporting them at this point seems stupid and cruel.

[Anonymous]

Stop snitching!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ACPS parent. I manage several people at work who live in MD and their kids use their grandparents' addresses in Del Ray or Old Town to go to ACPS. I can't for the life of me figure out why. My husband and I had no idea when we moved here 10 years ago all the issues with ACPS. We thought it was this quaint 1 HS, 2 MS environment. We should have just stayed in DC. We wanted a quick commute and a walkable neighborhood like DC.

The classic Millennial thinking they had happened upon a "quaint" environment that apparently nobody else had discovered, without sitting down and checking out the reason WHY they could still afford to buy a house there at that time.

We are both Gen Xers. And we are from major cities and attended urban public schools. We grew up in urban public schools, but they had order, discipline, and high expectations. Our home is over $1M so I don't know who you think can "still afford that". To me, that is an expensive home, no matter the cost of living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a HUGE thing. City of Alexandria schools are maxed out pass capacity because of all the kids coming in from DC and MD. This is done right out in the open, a few woman at work bragged about this living in MD sending their kids to Alexandria city public schools. I don't think Alexandria seems to care though since they do nothing about it.

Meh, it's more a myth than a thing.

BS I know of 12 families who do this.

Why? ACPS schools are terrible and unsafe. Why bother even if the schools in their area are terrible and unsafe?

No idea why but our ACPS elementary school is close to the WW bridge to Maryland and our drop-off/pick-up lines are full of Maryland license plates. It's definitely not a myth.