Child's friend confessed family faked living in our good school cluster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, be grateful for what you have. Don't worry about others.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bitch!! Mind your fucking business. You have no idea what that family/child is going through. Growing up my mom lied about our address to get me into elementary school. You know why? Because we were homeless but needed to put down a physical address on the paperwork. We would be the first car in the drop off line each morning and all of our shit was packed into the back seat and Im sure people knew but no one snitched. I got an excellent education because my mom, a single parent, did what she had to do. Just be glad that you can afford a home even though you feel you are sacrificing. Some people out there have it rough and dont need your busy body ass making things worse!

We weren't homeless but ditto on everything else. My mom did what she had to do. And I'll be doing whatever I have to do for my DC.

[Anonymous]

It's a middle school in MoCo and this friend is fairly new to it. DC said family lives in a farther out suburb and is driven in

OP doesn't state the family lives out of the county, just in a further out suburb. Her MS could be in Bethesda and the family could be living in Germantown. Nothing about the OP suggests the family is jumping counties or districts (MCPS is one district), just school assignments. Which is not nice either, but they're not paying taxes in one cheap crummy county and stealing education from another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The MYOB posters are crazy. Life may not be fair but we do have rules and people give up things to live by those rules. The family OP knows about has decided they are better than everyone else and can make it up as they go along.

Or they can't. You don't know the family. OP doesn't know the family. The only person that will be hurt or learn a lesson from her rattling us the kid and maybe her kid... Way to go way the f out of your lane

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The tax issue is what bothers me.

You bother me Op. in this instance it is wrong to tattle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It's a middle school in MoCo and this friend is fairly new to it. DC said family lives in a farther out suburb and is driven in

OP doesn't state the family lives out of the county, just in a further out suburb. Her MS could be in Bethesda and the family could be living in Germantown. Nothing about the OP suggests the family is jumping counties or districts (MCPS is one district), just school assignments. Which is not nice either, but they're not paying taxes in one cheap crummy county and stealing education from another.

And here's another thought--if they are new to the school, they could have purchased a home in the boundary and be waiting to close on it, but were able to have their child attend the new school now (this is allowed, as long as the family provides documentation). You just don't know, OP, so you need to mind your own business and find something else to get all worked up and bothered about.

[Anonymous]

I really do not care what other people do. Class size would not be made smaller...just another kid in the seat. Why don't you monitor your child's homework instead or volunteer in the library? Go to yoga and calm down.

[Anonymous]

Funny enough, this is a big issue in DC. I know everyone thinks DC schools are terrible, but there are actually some decent ones, particularly charter schools. And since some suburban school districts (eg PG Cty) are not so great, there's a decent amount of fraud going on to get kids into better schools in DC.

The issue for me with out-of-state parents using DC schools is that they are taking spots at schools away from the people who actually pay taxes here. If the family lives in the same county as the school, they are paying for the school.

I know there have been resentments here in DC over people using fake addresses to get into schools that they wouldn't be able to attend with out-of-boundary addresses. To me, yes, it is unethical and I would not PERSONALLY do it, but I also wouldn't report someone for it. I did have the offer to use another address to get into a better school, but it just seems gross to me. Who knows, if I am desperate enough down the line maybe I will change my mind.

[Anonymous]

How did the family prove they lived in the good school cluster? In our school district you have to provide proof of residency such as a mortgage statement or the deed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, be grateful for what you have. Don't worry about others.

+1

+1

[Anonymous]

You're an asshole, op. how do you sleep at night?

[Anonymous]

MYOB.

If every single 'good student' from Washington metropolitan area suddenly decided to be in my district, I would worry about it then. I am not fond of slippery slopes.

Also, if access to good schools weren't based on income, we wouldn't even have this issue:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/jailed-for-switching-her-daughters-school-district.html?_r=0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bitch!! Mind your fucking business. You have no idea what that family/child is going through. Growing up my mom lied about our address to get me into elementary school. You know why? Because we were homeless but needed to put down a physical address on the paperwork. We would be the first car in the drop off line each morning and all of our shit was packed into the back seat and Im sure people knew but no one snitched. I got an excellent education because my mom, a single parent, did what she had to do. Just be glad that you can afford a home even though you feel you are sacrificing. Some people out there have it rough and dont need your busy body ass making things worse!

You need to relax. Or, in words you might relate better to: chill the f*uck out.

Oh I see weve got tweedle dee OP and tweedle dumb PP. Maybe you two busy bodies can join the circus since youve got so much free time on your hands to worry about what others are doing.

I'm the "relax" poster and not the OP. just someone who finds cursing offensive and unnecessary. Nice try, Nancy Drew, but wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Life is not fair. We are not equal. Mind your damn business unless someone is molesting your child, stealing your money, or screwing your husband.

Gahhh get a life.

You're an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bitch!! Mind your fucking business. You have no idea what that family/child is going through. Growing up my mom lied about our address to get me into elementary school. You know why? Because we were homeless but needed to put down a physical address on the paperwork. We would be the first car in the drop off line each morning and all of our shit was packed into the back seat and Im sure people knew but no one snitched. I got an excellent education because my mom, a single parent, did what she had to do. Just be glad that you can afford a home even though you feel you are sacrificing. Some people out there have it rough and dont need your busy body ass making things worse!

We weren't homeless but ditto on everything else. My mom did what she had to do. And I'll be doing whatever I have to do for my DC.

Seriously? If she did "everything", like working on her career instead of having kids, she would not need to cheat the system. Sounds like she was not MYOB.

Immigrants come to this country and are able to send their kids legitimately to the good schools.