Residency Requirement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where does one report a residency cheater? Neighbor knows the address where the student actually lives which is contrary to the address on file at the school.

Call the residency fraud tips line if you must, but the burden of proof is on the District and they're not putting a lot of resources into investigations. Pays to be realistic in these case. You're not in command of all the facts.

[Anonymous]

Really?! This is how you want to spend your time. Get a life.

[Anonymous]

Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

+1.

5,500 of the students at DCPS and Charters are labeled as adult or alternative learners (who may be school age students), so you can’t crosswalk between the two number you cite.

[Anonymous]

I'm one of the separated parents and nobody has ever questioned if my kid should be in local school. I'm always in and out of the building, the kid has playdates when with me. Nobody counts have many days he is with me. All they care is that I live IB which I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

Where do they count the homeschool kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

Where do they count the homeschool kids?

The DME number comes from the census bureau, which does projections in between the 10 year censuses.

[Anonymous]

(Cont)

Home school is <1% (filed with OSSE) so not captured in Planning Office data.

[Anonymous]

Tax data doesn’t work if you just moved, got an extension on filing etc.

Home visits for all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

+1.

5,500 of the students at DCPS and Charters are labeled as adult or alternative learners (who may be school age students), so you can’t crosswalk between the two number you cite.

But if some adults are included in the student count then it would only mean that the number of students is being over-counted, the actual number of school-age students would be less. The point is, if -- as some have claimed -- 10-20% of the public students in DC were out of state residency cheaters, there would be 10,000 or 20,000 more students than residents. But there aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

+1.

5,500 of the students at DCPS and Charters are labeled as adult or alternative learners (who may be school age students), so you can’t crosswalk between the two number you cite.

But if some adults are included in the student count then it would only mean that the number of students is being over-counted, the actual number of school-age students would be less. The point is, if -- as some have claimed -- 10-20% of the public students in DC were out of state residency cheaters, there would be 10,000 or 20,000 more students than residents. But there aren't.

Agree with the bolded. I think it is quite possible that 10% of students in certain schools could be residency cheaters, but that does not mean that there are 10,000 Maryland or VA residents in DC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

+1.

5,500 of the students at DCPS and Charters are labeled as adult or alternative learners (who may be school age students), so you can’t crosswalk between the two number you cite.

But if some adults are included in the student count then it would only mean that the number of students is being over-counted, the actual number of school-age students would be less. The point is, if -- as some have claimed -- 10-20% of the public students in DC were out of state residency cheaters, there would be 10,000 or 20,000 more students than residents. But there aren't.

It's really, really hard to compare the two numbers. School age students can drop out at 17, adults are enrolled, and not all 3 and 4 year olds are in school. Those factors don't all work in the same direction.

Agree with the bolded. I think it is quite possible that 10% of students in certain schools could be residency cheaters, but that does not mean that there are 10,000 Maryland or VA residents in DC schools.

[Anonymous]

I know one residency cheat from years past. This woman and her child were abandoned by her husband (he left the area and they had no contact from him or contact info for him for many years). She worked for a federal agency downtown and had strict hours. Even with before and after care, she could not meet her work required hours (she was required to work 7:30-4:30, aftercare opened at 7:00 and it was a 45-90 minute drive in rush-hour to get to work depending on traffic). So, she used a friend's address to get her child into a school near her office where she could drop off at 7:15 and pick up at 4:45. At the time (this was about 15 years ago) there was no flexibility in her office and she could not afford to lose her job. At the time, they could not move as the house was not in a sellable condition and they would have had to sell for a loss; she had no money to bring to the table to sell the house.

Fortunately, that child has now graduated college and no one turned her in those many years ago. And the mother is in a much better place (and house) after all these years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Answer me this:

According to the Office of Planning, DC has 96,250 school-age residents. According to the DME, between DCPS and charters there are 91,484 public school students. Enrollment data from private schools show that roughly 5% of DC kids go to private school.

So if there is widespread fraud, where are the kids?

The only explanation I can think of is that an equivalent number of kids are fraudulently going to school in Maryland.

5% of 96,250 + 91484 is 96296. Given that you said "roughly 5%" and a tiny tweak would make the result exactly 96,250, is it possible that the Office of Planning figure for school-age residents is simply derived from the enrollment data?