MD scofflaws?

[Anonymous]

Sorry PP, you're still wrong. If you buy in Ward 3, then decide you can't afford the house or you'd rather get more bang for your buck you have to register for your new IB DCPS. If you're getting rental income to offset those Ward 3 prop taxes, you can't even use that as an excuse. The forms say state address where you reside, not where you own rental house. I see no difference than a PG investor owning in DC or a Ward 8 person that owns in Ward 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Exactly, why I opined that one should be paying both DC property and income tax to enroll IB, meaning that one is a DC resident. I know a couple DC residents who rent out a home they pay taxes on as an IB address and reside in another home which they also own - no problem with that approach. Such DC residents pay boatloads of taxes for a desirable IB school and should be left alone. MD residents who don't pay DC income tax are the cheaters/jerks.

I totally disagree. School boundaries are designed to accommodate the inbounds student population, period. So what happens when the family that rents your property also claims in-bounds preference at the school? Or when you "rent" a room from another family in order to claim in-bounds preference? Cheating is cheating. I am sure this is partially why Janney and other WotP schools are so grossly overcrowded.

[Anonymous]

As a grandmother there are so many loopholes in this residency issue it's laughable. What EIC? All I need is a notarized note saying that I am a temporary guardian of my grandchild. Therefore, with the average DC child of AA heritage in this city the family tree is wide and plentiful e.g. grandmomma, grandpoppa, auntie, uncle, and cousins can enroll a child in a DC in a heartbeat and not need the convenience of a car.

Also filing EIC credit and having your child[ren] enrolled in the best schools available are totatlly different. You wouldn't know about that or would you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a grandmother there are so many loopholes in this residency issue it's laughable. What EIC? All I need is a notarized note saying that I am a temporary guardian of my grandchild. Therefore, with the average DC child of AA heritage in this city the family tree is wide and plentiful e.g. grandmomma, grandpoppa, auntie, uncle, and cousins can enroll a child in a DC in a heartbeat and not need the convenience of a car.

Also filing EIC credit and having your child[ren] enrolled in the best schools available are totatlly different. You wouldn't know about that or would you?[/quote]

Incorrect. You have to be a legal guardian to enroll in DCPS.

From DCPS http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/help

Please note that only the parent and/or legal guardian of a student may enroll that student in school. The parent and/or legal guardian must be the individual listed on any/all of the requested residency documents.


As to the other part in bold, I'm confused to what you're saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before they start investigating random cars with out of state tags, they should start in house with all the the teachers who have enrolled their children in DCPS while living in MD or VA.

And here we go trying to attack/bring down teachers. Again. Just lay off the teachers for once. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

This is incredibly depressing. We will never be able to afford to buy a house in DC, and if we buy in PG, we'll be paying insane taxes for crap schools... but we're right in that rotten spot where you make too much for significant financial aid and still can't afford to pay tuition.

I love that not one person in this thread noted that decent schools are not available at all income levels, which is why people cheat. Not because they expect to get something for free, but because they can't otherwise have it at all. It doesn't do the taxpayers any good in the long run when smart kids have no good options.

[Anonymous]

PP, buying a house is not a right. There are great choices and one does not have to buy in a certain neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is incredibly depressing. We will never be able to afford to buy a house in DC, and if we buy in PG, we'll be paying insane taxes for crap schools... but we're right in that rotten spot where you make too much for significant financial aid and still can't afford to pay tuition.

I love that not one person in this thread noted that decent schools are not available at all income levels, which is why people cheat. Not because they expect to get something for free, but because they can't otherwise have it at all. It doesn't do the taxpayers any good in the long run when smart kids have no good options.

You can always 1) buy a smaller house 2) or rent. Cheat-free solutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous



Before they start investigating random cars with out of state tags, they should start in house with all the the teachers who have enrolled their children in DCPS while living in MD or VA.

Why should this not be a legitimate perk to the job of teaching in DCPS?

[Anonymous]

For what it's worth, not all MD tags are cheats-well at least not in the way this post describes. We have neighbors who live in dc. They dont have green cards but their children are US citizens bc they were born here. The entire family lives in dc. They go to dcps. Father was able to get md drivers license a long time ago so the car is registered in md. They prob use a valid dc lease to prove residency but they get dropped off in a car w/ md plates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For what it's worth, not all MD tags are cheats-well at least not in the way this post describes. We have neighbors who live in dc. They dont have green cards but their children are US citizens bc they were born here. The entire family lives in dc. They go to dcps. Father was able to get md drivers license a long time ago so the car is registered in md. They prob use a valid dc lease to prove residency but they get dropped off in a car w/ md plates.

However, under DC law, a MD resident who moves into DC has only a limited amount of time -- 30 days, IIRC -- to trade his MD license and registration in for a DC license and registration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is incredibly depressing. We will never be able to afford to buy a house in DC, and if we buy in PG, we'll be paying insane taxes for crap schools... but we're right in that rotten spot where you make too much for significant financial aid and still can't afford to pay tuition.

I love that not one person in this thread noted that decent schools are not available at all income levels, which is why people cheat. Not because they expect to get something for free, but because they can't otherwise have it at all. It doesn't do the taxpayers any good in the long run when smart kids have no good options.

You can always 1) buy a smaller house 2) or rent. Cheat-free solutions.

Maybe at your HHI. I meant ANY house in the District - we're not fancy. We can't afford the rents, either. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to understand that low-HHI families care about education, too.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who has lived in a close-in MD suburb for years and has her kid enrolled in a top public charter school because she wanted free pre-K and her daughter loves it, so she doesn't want to move her, even though she has excellent options in MoCo. She uses a friend's address in DC (I wouldn't let her use mine) and sees no problem with this. She's not worried about getting caught, because there is no enforcement at the school to speak of. I think even good people don't think through the consequences of free-loading on the DC school system/charters...and there are probably a lot more people free-loading on MoCo, but at some level, you are teaching your kids to lie, and that can't be a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Or, you know, we could just freakin' regionalize the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or, you know, we could just freakin' regionalize the schools.

Yes, and watch the traffic go from awful to horrendous.