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

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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.

Welcome to the rat race that is Fairfax. Found a good piano teacher? Don't share that info it could take away from your kid! The new neighbors have Maryland plates? Some nosy neighbor will be reporting them to the county within 6 months. You planted a fruit tree in your backyard? The HOA president's b**** wife will use it against you in the future.

If the county is unwilling to verify residency for schools it's time to start raising awareness at the grassroots level. This has a real impact on those of us who have been doing the right thing and are about to be wronged by our local government that has an alternative agenda.

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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.

But you only have to do it once. At a minimum, FCPS should recheck residency with each school move (into middle school, into high school).

[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.

Not just high schools. Audit the student residency of EVERY school. There is massive fraud going on, and Fairfax taxpayers are on the hook for it.

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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.

But you only have to do it once. At a minimum, FCPS should recheck residency with each school move (into middle school, into high school).

The data and tools exist. We could have an 85% data solution between county property records, fairfax water customer data, dominion energy data). I'm sure there's a tool that can pull name information from uploaded leases. Point is we have the technology, but it would be inconvenient to FCPS because it would mean less upside for budget increases to have people admiring the problem.

[Anonymous]

I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

You should also be able to show it on your driver's license. You're supposed to get your license updated with a new address whenever you move. You can do it online. Agree with the PPs, re: annual checks or at least when your kid moves to middle or high school. I haven't had to prove my residency since my kid started kindergarten.

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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.

Only once.

Kindergarten.

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I know of a few students that are using their old address to attend certain schools like mclean and langley.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Welcome to the rat race that is Fairfax. Found a good piano teacher? Don't share that info it could take away from your kid! The new neighbors have Maryland plates? Some nosy neighbor will be reporting them to the county within 6 months. You planted a fruit tree in your backyard? The HOA president's b**** wife will use it against you in the future.

If the county is unwilling to verify residency for schools it's time to start raising awareness at the grassroots level. This has a real impact on those of us who have been doing the right thing and are about to be wronged by our local government that has an alternative agenda.

How about $1k reward for each credible tip?

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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[b]? 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 can game that as well. I just create a "fake" lease so that my friends who live in Falls Church can send their kids to Cooper MS or Langley HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

That will not work for someone who rent a room in a house zone for McLean so that their kids can attend McLean HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Fcps is perfectly capable of doing this in person before the school year starts when the high school students pick up their schedule

If they are doing residency checks for all athletes, FCPS needs to do it for the entire student body.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

That will not work for someone who rent a room in a house zone for McLean so that their kids can attend McLean HS.

They can knock on doors if needed.

[Anonymous]

While I agree that residency check should apply to all enrolled students, for those of you complaining the county doesn’t put financial resources towards helping students. Well you’ll get your wish for those resources to not go to those resources and continue to complain.

No it’s not hard to ask for documentation at the start of every school year. No that doesn’t require a vast amount of time and effort for the majority of students. But for that small percentage they’ll be lots of resources spend on a small amount of of students and families.

[Anonymous]

Alexandria Public Schools is going to do this!

https://www.alxnow.com/2024/11/25/acps-wants-more-docs-from-parents-proving-kids-live-in-alexandria/

Fairfax County, get with the program!