Residency Fraud Hotline

[Anonymous]

It's 202-555-MYOB

[Anonymous]

LOVE this! Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 202-555-MYOB

My tax dollars being misspent IS my business.

[Anonymous]

It is not just about babysitting. I know someone from FCPS who moved to DC to go to Stuart Hobson. She said the education at her FCPS school was horrible and that SH was much better. She is now attending a DCPS high school. She was not a minority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is not just about babysitting. I know someone from FCPS who moved to DC to go to Stuart Hobson. She said the education at her FCPS school was horrible and that SH was much better. She is now attending a DCPS high school. She was not a minority.

That's interesting. I always imagined the core population of residency cheaters was very close-in PG county residents with bad inbounds options. You know, Ward 9.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, posting the residency fraud hotline sign is a great idea. First, it lets people know that there is such a thing. I think people who aren't immersed in the day-to-day experience think of an abstract "gee, it's not hurting anyone" kind of crime, when in fact of course it's hurting all of the DC kids who could othewise take the spots paid for with DC taxes thta are otherwise filled with non-DC kids. Posting the sign also sends the message to the lawbreakers that the school takes the issue seriously, and might make them think about making different arrangements sooner rather than later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still confused by the premise of this. Who schemes to get INTO DC schools? People who live in PG county?

The temptation should be obvious for any parent who works downtown-ish, with moderate income, whose school district in Md or Va does not offer free preschool (age 3) or free preK. Think of the literally thousands that family would save in babysitting or daycare costs over a two-year period.

And to your unstated point, it's not as if 4 yr olds are preparing for SATs, getting knifed in the stairwell or sitting among 14-yr old mothers with 2 kids already. Stakes are quite low in earliest years.

I didn't understand that this was really a bid for free babysitting. I thought we were talking academics here. People FLEE DCPS, not flock to them, so that was the source of my confusion.

Boring troll from 1992 is boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still confused by the premise of this. Who schemes to get INTO DC schools? People who live in PG county?

Go away.

The residency fraud applies to the public charter schools as well. I am an FCPS elementary school teacher who lives in DC. I would stack my kids' charter school against any FCPS school in a minute. What I hate is folks who do not live here and pay taxes to scam the system. I know of a few families that have tried this at my kids' school. They lived in MD, but the mom worked close by. If you do not live in DC, then you don't get to use the public schools here.

And as another poster said, there is FREE school for PreK 3 in many schools. All day. That's well over $10K in yearly savings in childcare costs.

Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about illegal immigrants receiving benefits, including free school?

Are you planning to report them too to the residency fraud hotline?

if they are residents of DC no, if they are residents of MD or VA yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still confused by the premise of this. Who schemes to get INTO DC schools? People who live in PG county?

Go away.

The residency fraud applies to the public charter schools as well. I am an FCPS elementary school teacher who lives in DC. I would stack my kids' charter school against any FCPS school in a minute. What I hate is folks who do not live here and pay taxes to scam the system. I know of a few families that have tried this at my kids' school. They lived in MD, but the mom worked close by. If you do not live in DC, then you don't get to use the public schools here.

And as another poster said, there is FREE school for PreK 3 in many schools. All day. That's well over $10K in yearly savings in childcare costs.

Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about illegal immigrants receiving benefits, including free school?

Are you planning to report them too to the residency fraud hotline?

I'm not the PP you're responding to, but my answer is: that depends... Do the illegal immigrants live in DC and how would I know they were illegal? I don't know what the laws are on illegal immigrants attending DC public schools, only non- DC residents. So for now, if you live in DC, you're cool with me and I see no broken rule to report, whether you're legally in the ZUS or not. However if you do not live in DC, then I'm reporting you no matter who you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 202-555-MYOB

it might as well be. as a DC resident it is absolutely my own business that non DC residents pay tuition if their kids are enrolled in DCPS or DC Charters (and are put at the end of any waitlist after all DC kids obviously)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's 202-555-MYOB

it might as well be. as a DC resident it is absolutely my own business that non DC residents pay tuition if their kids are enrolled in DCPS or DC Charters (and are put at the end of any waitlist after all DC kids obviously)

X 1000

It IS my business when people steal from my DC resident kids who struggle to get into the schools we want them to attend. There's enough competition within DC - no way are residency cheaters to think they can get in on it without a fight. And the reporting this year will definitely be up from last year!

[Anonymous]

completely agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still confused by the premise of this. Who schemes to get INTO DC schools? People who live in PG county?

Go away.

The residency fraud applies to the public charter schools as well. I am an FCPS elementary school teacher who lives in DC. I would stack my kids' charter school against any FCPS school in a minute. What I hate is folks who do not live here and pay taxes to scam the system. I know of a few families that have tried this at my kids' school. They lived in MD, but the mom worked close by. If you do not live in DC, then you don't get to use the public schools here.

And as another poster said, there is FREE school for PreK 3 in many schools. All day. That's well over $10K in yearly savings in childcare costs.

Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about illegal immigrants receiving benefits, including free school?

Are you planning to report them too to the residency fraud hotline?

Just devil's advocate here as I don't have a bone in this fight...What is your criteria for not having a problem with this...because they don't pay taxes in DC either

if they are residents of DC no, if they are residents of MD or VA yes.

[Anonymous]

Many illegal immigrants use other people's social security numbers so they ARE actually paying taxes sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many illegal immigrants use other people's social security numbers so they ARE actually paying taxes sometimes. [/quo
They use ITINs or made up social security number as the ones belonging to other people would get them in trouble fast.
Good guess though.