First day drop off -- MD tags

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The link to the pk3 openings justifies nothing. The fact that there are plenty of pk3 spots in Trinidad and Anacostia doesn't make it ok for MD residents to steal spots at 2 Rivers and JO Wilson.

Just adding one more thing: it is completely intellectually dishonest to cry racism and involuntary displacement when residents complain about massively inconvenient illegal "church" parking, and to say that there are plenty of (undesirable) pk3 spots in DC to justify stealing desirable ones, or to cry need and historical entitlement to justify the fraud and theft. It's really just loud nonsense. Try honest real arguments, and we can have an honest conversation.

What makes one free PS3 school more desirable than another? What makes one MS more desirable than the one two miles away? If you go to the Cap Hill thread, people don't want to send their kids to their neighborhood middle schools on the Hill. Why is that?

You're either a troll or a moron. Either way you are not worth a substantive reply if you are actually asking what makes one school better than another.

That's because you can't deliver a substantive reply.

[Anonymous]

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sole custody doesn't matter. The residence of the child matters.

No, it's not the residence of the child that matters. It's the residence of the parent who enrolls the child that matters. And if the person who enrolls the child is not a parent, then they have to provide proof of custody or proof that the child is a ward of DC. If they have none of these documents, they must consent to a home visit.

Yes, there are cheaters of every stripe and hue when it comes to tax-funded services, (and they are more often white people but, hey, it's not about race) but in most cases, people are abiding by the rules. Not only are their domestic circumstances none of your f*cking business, there are absolutly NO poor children being denied anything - at least, not to the tune of all the tiny violins played here. There's a place for every DC child in DC public schools. Hell, the schools in the poorest areas of the city are underenrolled.

Stop this bullshit about poor kids being denied. It's such a lame argument for your manic busybodyness. Crusade against tax cheaters - tons of them in the wealthy enclaves of DC, with others making tons of money to help them.

Hallelujah! And yes I have lived in Ward 5 for 20 years and my husband still drives around with his MD license plates. He just can't park the car in front of the house. For that reason, God made garage pads.

I see that the culture that accepts breaking the law, cutting corners and working the angles is alive and well in ol' DC.

Please name a city where it is void of people breaking the law, cutting corners and working angles.

Yes, but DC and environs are right up there with Third World countries in that regard.

OH, you exaggerate. I have lived in many cities throughout this great country. The only difference is that DC is under the microscope of the Washington Post and every other major news outlet. It is also under the microscope of Congress, so the lawlessness in Corpus Christie or Wichita maybe greater than the lawlessness in DC, but who cares and who is reporting on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sole custody doesn't matter. The residence of the child matters.

No, it's not the residence of the child that matters. It's the residence of the parent who enrolls the child that matters. And if the person who enrolls the child is not a parent, then they have to provide proof of custody or proof that the child is a ward of DC. If they have none of these documents, they must consent to a home visit.

Yes, there are cheaters of every stripe and hue when it comes to tax-funded services, (and they are more often white people but, hey, it's not about race) but in most cases, people are abiding by the rules. Not only are their domestic circumstances none of your f*cking business, there are absolutly NO poor children being denied anything - at least, not to the tune of all the tiny violins played here. There's a place for every DC child in DC public schools. Hell, the schools in the poorest areas of the city are underenrolled.

Stop this bullshit about poor kids being denied. It's such a lame argument for your manic busybodyness. Crusade against tax cheaters - tons of them in the wealthy enclaves of DC, with others making tons of money to help them.

Hallelujah! And yes I have lived in Ward 5 for 20 years and my husband still drives around with his MD license plates. He just can't park the car in front of the house. For that reason, God made garage pads.

YOU are tax cheats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sole custody doesn't matter. The residence of the child matters.

No, it's not the residence of the child that matters. It's the residence of the parent who enrolls the child that matters. And if the person who enrolls the child is not a parent, then they have to provide proof of custody or proof that the child is a ward of DC. If they have none of these documents, they must consent to a home visit.

Yes, there are cheaters of every stripe and hue when it comes to tax-funded services, (and they are more often white people but, hey, it's not about race) but in most cases, people are abiding by the rules. Not only are their domestic circumstances none of your f*cking business, there are absolutly NO poor children being denied anything - at least, not to the tune of all the tiny violins played here. There's a place for every DC child in DC public schools. Hell, the schools in the poorest areas of the city are underenrolled.

Stop this bullshit about poor kids being denied. It's such a lame argument for your manic busybodyness. Crusade against tax cheaters - tons of them in the wealthy enclaves of DC, with others making tons of money to help them.

Hallelujah! And yes I have lived in Ward 5 for 20 years and my husband still drives around with his MD license plates. He just can't park the car in front of the house. For that reason, God made garage pads.

YOU are tax cheats.

Think about this statement when you or accountants prepare your taxes next tax season.

[Anonymous]

Jeff,

Any chance of locking this thread. It long ago jumped the shark and even a tenuous connection to schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sole custody doesn't matter. The residence of the child matters.

I see that the culture that accepts breaking the law, cutting corners and working the angles is alive and well in ol' DC.

I work on the side of angels every day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeff,

Any chance of locking this thread. It long ago jumped the shark and even a tenuous connection to schools.

Or you could just...idk... Not open it?

[Anonymous]

No, don't lock. Not sure why DC doesn't check car registrations. New parents at our school previously lived in neighborhood, moved, and have returned. We asked them where are you living? They looked at us and asked why we were asking? I said that I noticed that your BMW has MD tags.. They almost shit. Basically, they work at IMF or WB and were mission and are now back living in Md. They definitely avoided me this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, don't lock. Not sure why DC doesn't check car registrations. New parents at our school previously lived in neighborhood, moved, and have returned. We asked them where are you living? They looked at us and asked why we were asking? I said that I noticed that your BMW has MD tags.. They almost shit. Basically, they work at IMF or WB and were mission and are now back living in Md. They definitely avoided me this morning.

Yikes. We folks can afford to live near the school they want or pay for a good private near where they want to live. There's no excuse for that. I hope they get busted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, don't lock. Not sure why DC doesn't check car registrations. New parents at our school previously lived in neighborhood, moved, and have returned. We asked them where are you living? They looked at us and asked why we were asking? I said that I noticed that your BMW has MD tags.. They almost shit. Basically, they work at IMF or WB and were mission and are now back living in Md. They definitely avoided me this morning.

Yikes. We folks can afford to live near the school they want or pay for a good private near where they want to live. There's no excuse for that. I hope they get busted.

*WB not We

[Anonymous]

You can call douche all you want - but in the eyes of the law and the IRS, primary residency matters.

But some of the residency cheats on this board think it's okay to prove residency using rental property or use grandparent's address, etc. THAT is not okay.

There's no "primary" residency requirement for at public schools in DC. There is only a need to prove that the enrolling parent lives in DC and pays taxes at that address through real estate, payroll or utilities. There are scores of parents with rented residence, shared custody, custodial arrangements with extended family, foster children, children whose parents are dead or under supervision...the number of legitimate possibilities exceeds the number of made up presumptions trotted out in this thread AND, as a few have pointed out, cheaters are getting caught. It's simply not that easy to cheat OSSE's proof of residency.

In the 80's and 90's? Yeah, people cheated because policymakers didn't give a shit about the people left to rot in the pockets of concentrated poverty that they'd created. Now, obviously, there's an interest in protecting the expanded tax base that's filling those pockets so the rules have changed and enforcement is stringent.

What's more obvious is that the caterwauling that's going on here is primarily about getting "undesirables" out of schools and neighborhoods. References to "old timers", churchgoers and PG county make that crystal clear because everyone knows that the demographics for those groups are entirely black. No need to call it racist because you know what it is and keep typing it out.

Ironically, it's the stupid speculation about black people cheating that provides cover for white people who are much more likely to have the means to do it.

[Anonymous]

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You can call douche all you want - but in the eyes of the law and the IRS, primary residency matters.

But some of the residency cheats on this board think it's okay to prove residency using rental property or use grandparent's address, etc. THAT is not okay.

There's no "primary" residency requirement for at public schools in DC. There is only a need to prove that the enrolling parent lives in DC and pays taxes at that address through real estate, payroll or utilities. There are scores of parents with rented residence, shared custody, custodial arrangements with extended family, foster children, children whose parents are dead or under supervision...the number of legitimate possibilities exceeds the number of made up presumptions trotted out in this thread AND, as a few have pointed out, cheaters are getting caught. It's simply not that easy to cheat OSSE's proof of residency.

In the 80's and 90's? Yeah, people cheated because policymakers didn't give a shit about the people left to rot in the pockets of concentrated poverty that they'd created. Now, obviously, there's an interest in protecting the expanded tax base that's filling those pockets so the rules have changed and enforcement is stringent.

What's more obvious is that the caterwauling that's going on here is primarily about getting "undesirables" out of schools and neighborhoods. References to "old timers", churchgoers and PG county make that crystal clear because everyone knows that the demographics for those groups are entirely black. No need to call it racist because you know what it is and keep typing it out.

Ironically, it's the stupid speculation about black people cheating that provides cover for white people who are much more likely to have the means to do it.

Someone is grasping at straws to explain how a kid who sleeps in PG, but goes to school in DCPS, is "not cheating." It's that simple.

[Anonymous]

Really? This again...Every year the same epiphanies...boredd.

[Anonymous]

I've only ever lived in DC and my kid goes to a DC charter school. Every student gets a home visit so in addition to all the paperwork, the teachers have literally been to my house,

However, my mom lives in Silver Spring. Because I work, my kid has an after school babysitter who lives in MD too. Honestly people, you need to learn to relax. You are not detectives. You have no idea.

Let me guess OP, these families you suspect are a different race than you...

[Anonymous]

Is this news worthy? Could NBC or Fox 5 do a segment at said school to show the various MD license plates in a given day? Or is that illegal/harassment.

I've taken pictures of three MD plates at my child's school, but have to find out the child's name to report the observation.