residency fraud? (!)

[Anonymous]

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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.

Did your neighbor report them.

Seriously report it or STFU.

[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.

Was your child with you? How did you explain this to them? If it was at drop off and you followed them (and therefore didn't have your child with you), why are you assuming they are going home and not to work (at a job that takes place in someone else's home)? There are a ton of reasons for this, mind your own business.

Residency fraud is worth looking into, by professionals in the field, of which, I am guessing, you are not.

[Anonymous]

Residency fraud is real but one more explanation for MD plates - rental car! We just had one for a week after a car accident while our insurance was reviewing our case to determine whether our DC-tagged car was totaled. Rented it from Union station, and it came with Maryland tags. There was no outward identification that it was a rental car. Definitely got looks during drop off and pick up which was pretty funny.

[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.

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.

Arlington also has a problem with tax cheats who register their vehicles in MD to avoid VA personal property taxes, so it's probably even more common to see MD tags in Arlington. Still cheaters, but probably not committing residency fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, OP, you seem like a jerk.

Sure. To offer another perspective, we were a family that was unable to get in anywhere off of the lottery, and ended up having to move, to leave a neighborhood we loved and were heavily invested into and a home that we had literally bought only a couple of years earlier based on the location of three very good neighborhood schools that at the time had neighborhood preference and then changed to city wide lottery. Our one remaining inbound school was going to be doing huge renovations and was having major administrative upheaval, was plagued by residency fraud, and seemed too unstable to make an investment in at that point.

So while I understand the myriad reasons that residency fraud exists and is not cracked down on (because I really had to dig deep to make my peace with it and accept that these children are hopefully benefiting from more than just their parent's commute convenience) it was a cause of agony for us and had huge financial ramifications. We accept that we took an educated risk and lost. But system wide there are substantial, soft costs related to res fraud in the community that are not accounted for.

[Anonymous]

We used to live right by Ross and there was a steady stream of md plates in the afternoon. One woman would actually park in my driveway (in the alley behind Ross & my house) daily. When I asked her to please stop she screamed at me non-stop. These were definitely parents & all md plates. Sure, some could be non-custodial parents or whatever but it seemed unlikely when it was the same faces daily. Frustrating for such a crowded school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Um, OP, you seem like a jerk.

Sure. To offer another perspective, we were a family that was unable to get in anywhere off of the lottery, and ended up having to move, to leave a neighborhood we loved and were heavily invested into and a home that we had literally bought only a couple of years earlier based on the location of three very good neighborhood schools that at the time had neighborhood preference and then changed to city wide lottery. Our one remaining inbound school was going to be doing huge renovations and was having major administrative upheaval, was plagued by residency fraud, and seemed too unstable to make an investment in at that point.

So while I understand the myriad reasons that residency fraud exists and is not cracked down on (because I really had to dig deep to make my peace with it and accept that these children are hopefully benefiting from more than just their parent's commute convenience) it was a cause of agony for us and had huge financial ramifications. We accept that we took an educated risk and lost. But system wide there are substantial, soft costs related to res fraud in the community that are not accounted for.

Too bad you had to leave the Hill.

[Anonymous]

We have plenty of Va and MD tags at pick-up/drop-off. I don't think for a second that they are cheating. Parents may be divorced and many are care-givers. They just look too young or too old to be parents.
Many care-givers lined up way before 3 pm with MD plates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

Did your neighbor report them.

Seriously report it or STFU. [/quote

PP here. I guess you're having a bad morning? I couldn't report it bc I don't know who the family was. My neighbor just said she knew "a family" with a kid in PK4 who lived in SS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

Did your neighbor report them.

Seriously report it or STFU.

PP here. I guess you're having a bad morning? I couldn't report it bc I don't know who the family was. My neighbor just said she knew "a family" with a kid in PK4 who lived in SS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guys, take it easy on OP. I bet anything she is the mom of a preschooler and is new to all of this.

Obviously not if she posted here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guys, take it easy on OP. I bet anything she is the mom of a preschooler and is new to all of this.

Obviously not if she posted here.

She actually stated that her child just started PK3. My guess is that she's been scouring this forum for information about schools for a while, heard about residency fraud, and didn't believe that it really happens. Then she saw a MD license plate and felt like she'd arrived at a party she'd only heard about.

OP, report it with the details necessary or move on.

[Anonymous]

Some boundary cheaters live in DC too. I heard they finally cracked down at some Capitol Hill schools this year. Does anyone know if that's true??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is real but one more explanation for MD plates - rental car! We just had one for a week after a car accident while our insurance was reviewing our case to determine whether our DC-tagged car was totaled. Rented it from Union station, and it came with Maryland tags. There was no outward identification that it was a rental car. Definitely got looks during drop off and pick up which was pretty funny.

Yes! Our transmission out of the blue went kaput and we had a rental with NY plates for almost a month. I drove it to do enrollment paperwork and because of threads like this, actually was nervous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is real but one more explanation for MD plates - rental car! We just had one for a week after a car accident while our insurance was reviewing our case to determine whether our DC-tagged car was totaled. Rented it from Union station, and it came with Maryland tags. There was no outward identification that it was a rental car. Definitely got looks during drop off and pick up which was pretty funny.

Yes! Our transmission out of the blue went kaput and we had a rental with NY plates for almost a month. I drove it to do enrollment paperwork and because of threads like this, actually was nervous.

I don't think way out of state plates are a concern, since it's not like anyone thinks you really live there now.