Using our address for friends child to go to the public school we are in bounds for

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi we have friends who child is being bullied at another school and would like to use our address for a different middle school, the one we are inbounds for. I do not like being dishonest in the first place but also feel like I would like to help my friend. What are the reprocusions form doing this??

Obviously, you are perfectly comfortable being dishonest, or you wouldn't even be considering this.

I hope YOU get caught and exposed to everyone in your neighborhood. They should print public lists of people like you.

+100. OP is very funny. What about this: since my friend has an abusive spouse, I am considering not paying my taxes and hiring a security guard instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi we have friends who child is being bullied at another school and would like to use our address for a different middle school, the one we are inbounds for. I do not like being dishonest in the first place but also feel like I would like to help my friend. What are the reprocusions form doing this??

Obviously, you are perfectly comfortable being dishonest, or you wouldn't even be considering this.

I hope YOU get caught and exposed to everyone in your neighborhood. They should print public lists of people like you.

+100. OP is very funny. What about this: since my friend has an abusive spouse, I am considering not paying my taxes and hiring a security guard instead.

Prior two PPs are hilariously bad at logic.

[Anonymous]

We had someone do this at our ES. EVERYONE knew about it. The bullying only got worse. Hard to hide this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it, OP. Chances are next to nothing that you'll be caught. Everybody advising you not to is just jealous that they don't have friends in better districts whose addresses they can use.

OR they might be people who err on being law abiding citizens. just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for everyone's response except those that were nasty about it. I have not said yes and will say no. I am uncomfortable with it and my gut tells me not to. I feel sad that this boy is being bullied but I think they should try to go the legal route to get him to change schools.

OP saying no is the right thing to do.

You still have not said what other steps the family has tried to take through the school? Every DCPS has a Bullying point of contact in the school, and certain reports are supposed to be filed. Also, it's a bit weird that this is coming up during the summer. Is the child in Summer school?

You should say no no matter what, but I'd like to know if the family has formally claimed bullying at the school, and if they've tried to get a change of school through DCPS. If bullying was confirmed, that can be a legitimate reason for DCPS to change the school of the student.

I'm seriously wondering if it's a real bullying situation... or just an effort to cut corners to get into a different school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP says that her friends' child "is" being bullied at another school. It's July. School isn't in session. Any bullying that happened last year may actually be water under the bridge. It sounds to me like the OP's friends just want to move their kid to a better school and are using "bullying" as a justification for doing so.

Ding, ding, ding.

This is EXACTLY what it sounds like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it, OP. Chances are next to nothing that you'll be caught. Everybody advising you not to is just jealous that they don't have friends in better districts whose addresses they can use.

Wow, always amazes me how people with low or no moral standards think others are jealous or not well-connected. I guess it's just way over your head to consider that some of us live our lives according to what we think is fair and right, and even if we have friends IB for desired schools, we're not slimey or skeezy enough to ask them to break the law for us.

Your post makes me appreciate the quality of friends I do have that much more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi we have friends who child is being bullied at another school and would like to use our address for a different middle school, the one we are inbounds for. I do not like being dishonest in the first place but also feel like I would like to help my friend. What are the reprocusions form doing this??

Do it...it may be against regulations but the circumstances over-ride in this case. Have friend's kid over often and prepare a space for him so that it shows the good will. Bullying has terrible, long lasting results. If the school was going to do anything about it, they would have by now. It's like saving a kid's life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi we have friends who child is being bullied at another school and would like to use our address for a different middle school, the one we are inbounds for. I do not like being dishonest in the first place but also feel like I would like to help my friend. What are the reprocusions form doing this??

Do it...it may be against regulations but the circumstances over-ride in this case. Have friend's kid over often and prepare a space for him so that it shows the good will. Bullying has terrible, long lasting results. If the school was going to do anything about it, they would have by now. It's like saving a kid's life.

You don't know any details PP, including whether the parents have tried to go the legal route first. You'd be amazed at how often parents don't follow through, even on something this serious. And of course, often schools don't follow through either, in which case it's understandable that parents get desperate.

But OP has given NO details, nothing about what the family has tried to do to get their student moved the right way. Or of the timing of all of it (it's August after all - when did this happen and what did the parents do before now? What was school's response?).

Advising someone to jump to the illegal, potentially even more damaging act before knowing whether they tried the legal route is awful advice.

[Anonymous]

Terrible question, silly thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi we have friends who child is being bullied at another school and would like to use our address for a different middle school, the one we are inbounds for. I do not like being dishonest in the first place but also feel like I would like to help my friend. What are the reprocusions form doing this??

The parents should ask the school for a "safety" transfer. Things must be documented and so on, but safety transfers are possible in DCPS with documentation and good reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP says that her friends' child "is" being bullied at another school. It's July. School isn't in session. Any bullying that happened last year may actually be water under the bridge. It sounds to me like the OP's friends just want to move their kid to a better school and are using "bullying" as a justification for doing so.

Ding, ding, ding.

This is EXACTLY what it sounds like.

there was summer school, until just a week ago

[Anonymous]

Don't do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't do it. Too much entanglement and potential liability for you because of cooperation in falsification of residence.

What liability would this be?

I am not saying you should do it, but I think the repercussions will come to your friend, not to you.[/quote

You could be charged as an accessory to fraud or in connection with a scheme to defraud.

[Anonymous]

Can you have a friend sign a fake rental agreement? Like you are renting a room there?