Reporting families going to ACPS that live in Fairfax

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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.

When I lived in both a small condo complex and large apartment tower in Alexandria, at least half the residents’ cars had Maryland or DC tags. That’s incredibly common here.

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If you're a renter, wouldn't you do the reverse? Rent an apartment in FCPS where schools are better? Especially since some of the stronger schools in FCPS actually have some less expensive rental apartments within their boundaries?

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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.

FACTS. "Remember the Titans" is a very big deal for some people. They want the "clout" of saying they went to that school.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're a renter, wouldn't you do the reverse? Rent an apartment in FCPS where schools are better? Especially since some of the stronger schools in FCPS actually have some less expensive rental apartments within their boundaries?

FC is more expensive #1, #2 they want the best of both worlds and to be closer to their families in DC and MD.

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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.

When I lived in both a small condo complex and large apartment tower in Alexandria, at least half the residents’ cars had Maryland or DC tags. That’s incredibly common here.

Literally go drive around ANY apartment complex in Alexandria and you will see more than half of all the plates with DC or MD tags. They are skirting around the personal property taxes too.

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I still don't understand this. We go to swim lessons next to TC Williams, or whatever the new name for that HS is, and there are always a ton of MD plates picking up kids there. I thought Maryland had better schools than Alexandria? I find it so bizarre

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Some families have parents living in separate household across the bridge, or even grandparents helping out. And the reality is not everyone gets around to updating their car registration after they move to VA. We had a caretaker that helped with school pick ups and she was a MD resident. Some people really love making assumptions and jumping to conclusions just based on car tags. Sheesh!

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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.

When I lived in both a small condo complex and large apartment tower in Alexandria, at least half the residents’ cars had Maryland or DC tags. That’s incredibly common here.

Automobile taxes are cheaper in Maryland.

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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.

When I lived in both a small condo complex and large apartment tower in Alexandria, at least half the residents’ cars had Maryland or DC tags. That’s incredibly common here.

Automobile taxes are cheaper in Maryland.

There is no personal property tax in Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don't understand this. We go to swim lessons next to TC Williams, or whatever the new name for that HS is, and there are always a ton of MD plates picking up kids there. I thought Maryland had better schools than Alexandria? I find it so bizarre

MoCo and HoCo have better schools, but anyone coming from just over the bridge would be Prince George's schools, which are not necessarily better than ACPS.

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DCUM is firmly of the opinion that school choice for all is a republican plot; school choice should instead be reserved for the righteous, who need not care about the law.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps people should instead focus on reporting people not paying property taxes.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM is firmly of the opinion that school choice for all is a republican plot; school choice should instead be reserved for the righteous, who need not care about the law.

Oh not at all- plenty of neoliberals like “school choice” too, for the same reasons: it helps them and their buddies get rich at the expense of public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps people should instead focus on reporting people not paying property taxes.

The thing is, you don’t know someone’s full family or household situation just by the license plate on their car. Neighbors reporting neighbors for these perceived infractions is pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps people should instead focus on reporting people not paying property taxes.

Some of those folks are military and doing it 100% legally (to the letter if not the spirit).

My recommendation is to go outside and touch grass, get a hobby or anything else that occupies your time and helps you MYOB.