residency fraud? (!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG, there was a car with Maryland plates in front of me during drop-off at my Arlington elementary this morning, totally must have been residency fraud and not a caregiver, divorced parent (with other parent living in Arlington) or servicemember who retained their Maryland residency when they moved to DC (which they’re allowed to do)!!!!!

Apples and oranges. Maybe you don't know since you live in VA, but indications suggest that residency fraud is not uncommon in DCPS.

with the cluster the whole Ellington thing was, I don't think it's as big an issue as you think.

Actually, several instances of residency fraud were found at our IB during the most recent audit. And I've heard rumors about kids who live in MD--for example, my neighbor said she knows for sure one family lives in Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

Um, OP, you seem like a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG, there was a car with Maryland plates in front of me during drop-off at my Arlington elementary this morning, totally must have been residency fraud and not a caregiver, divorced parent (with other parent living in Arlington) or servicemember who retained their Maryland residency when they moved to DC (which they’re allowed to do)!!!!!

Apples and oranges. Maybe you don't know since you live in VA, but indications suggest that residency fraud is not uncommon in DCPS.

I am aware. Maybe you don’t know since you live in DC, but there are increasing concerns about residency fraud in Arlington now that almost every avenue to transfer in from OOC had been cut off, and APS is cracking down hard on residency enforcement because of how overcrowded the schools are.

But I’m still not going to assume this kid lives OOC when there are so many legitimate possible explanations.

This is a DC forum. I don't even know what APS is.

“Arlington” wasn’t a clue? C’mon, don’t reinforce the stereotype that we’re totally clueless outside city limits.

[Anonymous]

I have posted about this before. Happened at Janney last year.

You guessed it folks... Maryland plates. After seeing the same thing 4 days in a row I finally followed them to a home in Silver Spring.

Worth looking into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have posted about this before. Happened at Janney last year.

You guessed it folks... Maryland plates. After seeing the same thing 4 days in a row I finally followed them to a home in Silver Spring.

Worth looking into.

You really don't have anything better to do than track someone back to Silver Spring?

[Anonymous]

my kid just started prek3 and this morning, when i was dropping my child off, i was directly behind someone else dropping off their child who had maryland plates. and i was like: oh! it's happening! residency fraud! do i report them? how do i report them? maybe there's an innocent explanation? what if it's nothing? suddenly it was all not so theoretical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have posted about this before. Happened at Janney last year.

You guessed it folks... Maryland plates. After seeing the same thing 4 days in a row I finally followed them to a home in Silver Spring.

Worth looking into.

That was the best thing you could find to do with that time?

[Anonymous]

Residency fraud is very common. I know of three kids in DS’s class alone who are cheating. Two for our boundary and one from another state altogether. I reported someone years ago who even had posted they moved to MD on listserv then sent kid to free pre k in dc. Nothing was done. Reporting does nothing even though I have them many details. I don’t know what to tell you op.

[Anonymous]

+1. Boundary fraud is extremely commonplace, and residency fraud is probably not quite as common, but not a rare event either.

I was a class parent and had to collect contact info from parents in our all in-boundary PK3 class--one parent gave me a fake address with the wrong zip code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have posted about this before. Happened at Janney last year.

You guessed it folks... Maryland plates. After seeing the same thing 4 days in a row I finally followed them to a home in Silver Spring.

Worth looking into.

You’re psycho for following people home. I hope next time you do that you get caught...and they deck you for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have posted about this before. Happened at Janney last year.

You guessed it folks... Maryland plates. After seeing the same thing 4 days in a row I finally followed them to a home in Silver Spring.

Worth looking into.

Are you aware that what you are doing is stalking, which is illegal. You might want to stop that before it gets you into a different level of trouble

[Anonymous]

Why don't you just ask the person? Why go behind someone's back and maybe make a baseless claim?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have posted about this before. Happened at Janney last year.

You guessed it folks... Maryland plates. After seeing the same thing 4 days in a row I finally followed them to a home in Silver Spring.

Worth looking into.

You followed someone home? Were you off your meds?

[Anonymous]

It is disrespectful to make “off your meds” jokes. Please do not casually equate irresponsible behavior with mental illness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is very common. I know of three kids in DS’s class alone who are cheating. Two for our boundary and one from another state altogether. I reported someone years ago who even had posted they moved to MD on listserv then sent kid to free pre k in dc. Nothing was done. Reporting does nothing even though I have them many details. I don’t know what to tell you op.

They are paying more attention now than they were “years ago” so if OP makes a credible report, the family will be investigated. However, she will need the name of the child and the grade and the reasons beyond a license plate that she believes them not to reside in DC.