residency cheater

[Anonymous]

When my youngest was at our JKLM two years ago there was a family there who had found a house under foreclosure and used that as their bogus address. A classmate lived next door to the foreclosed house and was quite surprised when the school directory came out to see a family listed in a house that literally had a padlock from the bank on the front door. We don't feed Deal but I'm pretty sure the kids are somehow at Deal now.

So not a random address, but not one with any legitimate connection.

I do not believe this story. There has been a moratorium on foreclosures in the District for quite some time now. They are just now starting to issue title policies for foreclosures. There were not any foreclosures in all of DC 2 years ago.

Sorry, PP, believe it. I don't know who posted this story, but I know the JKLM family it refers to, and the story is true. The foreclosure was prior to 2 years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

That sounds ridiculous. A random address??? Ummm.... No way! How did they give any proof of residency then?

When my youngest was at our JKLM two years ago there was a family there who had found a house under foreclosure and used that as their bogus address. A classmate lived next door to the foreclosed house and was quite surprised when the school directory came out to see a family listed in a house that literally had a padlock from the bank on the front door. We don't feed Deal but I'm pretty sure the kids are somehow at Deal now.

So not a random address, but not one with any legitimate connection.

I do not believe this story. There has been a moratorium on foreclosures in the District for quite some time now. They are just now starting to issue title policies for foreclosures. There were not any foreclosures in all of DC 2 years ago.

I am a real estate agent. This is 100% not true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And I'm not soulless. I just find it DISGUSTING that some mom would be okay turning their kid into criminal at worst, liar at best.

The kid is not a criminal or a liar. I'm with you on reporting but why do you have so much disdain directed at the kid?

The disdain is directed at the scammer parents. But the kid should not be a reason to withhold reporting suspected fraud.

Exactly- the disgust is targeted at the parents. Parents who tell their kid to say they live at grandma's house/ the foreclosed property/ aunties house whatever. The kid knows something is up and is being put in the middle while the parents get the cheap daycare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just report the people! if you're wrong, they'll have been inconvenienced by someone checking them out. I, for one, wouldn't mind if someone checked me out because I'm a bonafide DC resident. If you're right, a deserving DC child will get a space in a sought after school. It's a win-win IMO. People worth a damn are in favor of preserving DC resources for DC people. Let the investigations begin! Only cheaters would be pissed at this.

Absolutely correct.

Well, then if the accusation is unfounded consequences might occurred, as the investigation would have been a waste of public funds and resources.

This method you are proposing -more of the Middle Ages, French/Spanish/Italian Inquisition type- might be used as an instrument of harassment and discrimination. How would a family feel after being accused by 7 families dozens of times because, for example, they simply don't like them?

FWIW, we have been shut out every single year we have applied to the lottery, so no, I am -obviously- not a cheater.

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

[Anonymous]

And I honestly would not care if this happened to me. I would easily show my proof of residency and move on with my life. I guess I feel that way because I'm not committing fraud.

[Anonymous]

There was a residency cheater at my DC's elementary. I have to give it to the family. They were really savvy. I wonder if there is an underground network or some guide published online. Hate to say this, but my faith in DCPS was really shaky after figuring out their deal and realizing that it is relatively easy to finagle your kid into a public school AND charters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a residency cheater at my DC's elementary. I have to give it to the family. They were really savvy. I wonder if there is an underground network or some guide published online. Hate to say this, but my faith in DCPS was really shaky after figuring out their deal and realizing that it is relatively easy to finagle your kid into a public school AND charters.

so what did they do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

That sounds ridiculous. A random address??? Ummm.... No way! How did they give any proof of residency then?

When my youngest was at our JKLM two years ago there was a family there who had found a house under foreclosure and used that as their bogus address. A classmate lived next door to the foreclosed house and was quite surprised when the school directory came out to see a family listed in a house that literally had a padlock from the bank on the front door. We don't feed Deal but I'm pretty sure the kids are somehow at Deal now.

So not a random address, but not one with any legitimate connection.

I do not believe this story. There has been a moratorium on foreclosures in the District for quite some time now. They are just now starting to issue title policies for foreclosures. There were not any foreclosures in all of DC 2 years ago.

I am a real estate agent. This is 100% not true.

Show me one Foreclosure in NW DC since late 2010-late 2014. Not a DIL but a foreclosure. I manage foreclosures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The liberals on here are absolutely disgusting. Residency cheating is stealing from a deserving DC resident child. This is not a victimless crime. Perhaps it's my neighbor, a great little girl completely shut out, or yours, or a deserving low income child who's chance was just stolen. People who steal seats are not good people and should be removed. You want to tap into our very limited resources, move here and pay taxes.

Liberals? I'm one, and I'd be on the phone reporting. Maybe not weekly, but surely monthly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

That sounds ridiculous. A random address??? Ummm.... No way! How did they give any proof of residency then?

When my youngest was at our JKLM two years ago there was a family there who had found a house under foreclosure and used that as their bogus address. A classmate lived next door to the foreclosed house and was quite surprised when the school directory came out to see a family listed in a house that literally had a padlock from the bank on the front door. We don't feed Deal but I'm pretty sure the kids are somehow at Deal now.

So not a random address, but not one with any legitimate connection.

I do not believe this story. There has been a moratorium on foreclosures in the District for quite some time now. They are just now starting to issue title policies for foreclosures. There were not any foreclosures in all of DC 2 years ago.

I am a real estate agent. This is 100% not true.

Show me one Foreclosure in NW DC since late 2010-late 2014. Not a DIL but a foreclosure. I manage foreclosures.

I don't know the exact legal status of the house, it may not technically be a foreclosure. But it's boarded up and no one has lived there for a long time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My friend lives half time in the Hamptons and half time in the west village. Is she a residence cheat too? Oh wait, no. She's rich.

I just truly do not understand the mindset that could loom at a small child, with a family dedicated enough to drive them to school every day (possibly from far away), and then try and have them kicked out, based on some partial information about their personal life that you do not know.

You can't be a very happy person. Even with your child in the jklm. This we know.

You can only have one legal residence.

It's hard For me to sympathize with DC government employees who live in PG but sneak their kids into DCPS for the convenient and cheap daycare.

Your bias is showing. Why does your bias automatically make you go to PG Cty and DC government workers. The kid that was caught using a fraudulent address at my kid's often talked about charter lived in MOCO, non- Black, and parents non government workers. Is your problem that your bias makes you think that all the cheaters are Black and/or from PG? Is that what offends you, or do you despise all residency cheaters equally? For, your post appears otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks OP! I think what you are doing great

Applause and Curtain! Can we shut this down now? This is a rehash of a rehash of a rehash of a...

Why do you want to shut this thread down? Isn't it past your bedtime already out there in Landover?

NP, you're an idiot. And before you begin. I bet I have lived in DC long before you newly arrived transplant. I've paid more taxes and been more active in my neighborhood to make the likes of you want to come in and buy these 6-800,000 homes. Yes, this thread is a rehash, of a rehash, of a rehash. It comes around every lottery year. And is most likely started by somebody who did not get their kid into the school of their choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

That sounds ridiculous. A random address??? Ummm.... No way! How did they give any proof of residency then?

When my youngest was at our JKLM two years ago there was a family there who had found a house under foreclosure and used that as their bogus address. A classmate lived next door to the foreclosed house and was quite surprised when the school directory came out to see a family listed in a house that literally had a padlock from the bank on the front door. We don't feed Deal but I'm pretty sure the kids are somehow at Deal now.

So not a random address, but not one with any legitimate connection.

I do not believe this story. There has been a moratorium on foreclosures in the District for quite some time now. They are just now starting to issue title policies for foreclosures. There were not any foreclosures in all of DC 2 years ago.

I am a real estate agent. This is 100% not true.

Show me one Foreclosure in NW DC since late 2010-late 2014. Not a DIL but a foreclosure. I manage foreclosures.

I don't know the exact legal status of the house, it may not technically be a foreclosure. But it's boarded up and no one has lived there for a long time.

And this is what is referred to as backtracking.

[Anonymous]

I'm against residency cheating, too, but I find the person who would turn in her son's best friend as morally bankrupt as the cheaters. Talk about a race to the bottom!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm against residency cheating, too, but I find the person who would turn in her son's best friend as morally bankrupt as the cheaters. Talk about a race to the bottom!

It's his/her zealousness--the calling every week, the vitriol toward the poor child caught in the middle.