Residency Fraud Hotline

[Anonymous]

I drove by Watkins and noticed that someone had made a printed and laminated sign with "Residency Fraud Hotline" and the telephone number. it was attached to one of the parking signs next to the drop off lane. I live near Watkins (but don't have kids there) and see cars with Maryland plates dropping off kids all the time.

Any other schools have the fraud hotline posted out front?

[Anonymous]

Love it!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love it!!

+1

[Anonymous]

This! Great!!

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

Also people who live in VA and Montgomery County. I have turned in people/know people who work for the Feds and live in these area but it is easier for their children to go to DCPS/DCPCS...at least for the earlier years of school.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

People who use all caps?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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?

People who use all caps?

If you are referring to the capitalization of the word INTO, that was for emphasis. In the "quick reply" function, there is no ability to italicize or [/b]boldface words.[b] So, your clumsy attempt to mock me backfired on you horribly.

[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.

You don't understand many things it seems. Maybe you could stick to making pronoucments about topics you're more comfortable with? Howard County Schools? Scrapbooking? Or the relative merits of swim clubs in N Arlington.

[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?

People who use all caps?

If you are referring to the capitalization of the word INTO, that was for emphasis. In the "quick reply" function, there is no ability to italicize or [/b]boldface words.[b] So, your clumsy attempt to mock me backfired on you horribly.

Your incorrect use of quotes ('quick reply') and tagging has made me unable to read your response.

[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.

We're talking "academics" for 3/4 yr olds here.

Try thinking harder...

[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?

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.

You don't understand many things it seems. Maybe you could stick to making pronoucments about topics you're more comfortable with? Howard County Schools? Scrapbooking? Or the relative merits of swim clubs in N Arlington.

Don't forget Applebee's, Chicco's and sitting in traffic.