Residency Fraud

[Anonymous]

If you know someone is planning to commit residency fraud, how would you proceed? I only know this person in passing so can't directly tell them to stop.

[Anonymous]

There's a hotline. [phone]

How have you missed the 29238383 page long thread on this subject!

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you know someone is planning to commit residency fraud, how would you proceed? I only know this person in passing so can't directly tell them to stop.

You've gotta wait til they do it. It isn't fraud until they present false papers.

[Anonymous]

It's up to the school to follow up. If the family submits documentation a particular DCPS or DCPC school registrar accepts, and clears a home visit, case closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's up to the school to follow up. If the family submits documentation a particular DCPS or DCPC school registrar accepts, and clears a home visit, case closed.

Home visits are NOT done to verify residency.* If the family submits documentation and it is accepted - case closed.

If you have additional information that shows that they provided false information - you can submit that to the Office of the State Superintendant which now investigates residency fraud for DC. They decide whether it warrants further investigation.

*Home visits are to establish a collaborative relationship between the teacher and the family -- not to ferret out residency fraud.

[Anonymous]

Our school has a somewhat notorious OOB family that uses a rental property address to poach a coveted PK spot. DCPS could not care less.

[Anonymous]

A friend is the registrar at a DCPS school. She has visited addresses claimed by parents as part of residency verification. Not the same as home visits but if a school suspects fraud, they can and some do visit to verify.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend is the registrar at a DCPS school. She has visited addresses claimed by parents as part of residency verification. Not the same as home visits but if a school suspects fraud, they can and some do visit to verify.

That seems like kind of a fun job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school has a somewhat notorious OOB family that uses a rental property address to poach a coveted PK spot. DCPS could not care less. [/quote

It depends on the school. Janney (perhaps under pressure from parents) is pretty diligent in responding to residency fraud tips. Janney is also a very neighborhood-centric school so possible fraud stands out more easily. Fraudsters, including those who don't live in DC at all, may be less noticed in schools with a higher percentage of OOB students, who by definition live scattered across the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend is the registrar at a DCPS school. She has visited addresses claimed by parents as part of residency verification. Not the same as home visits but if a school suspects fraud, they can and some do visit to verify.

That seems like kind of a fun job.

Fraud is theft -- theft of a coveted school spot from someone who might otherwise be eligible for it and a theft of resources and services from other students and the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend is the registrar at a DCPS school. She has visited addresses claimed by parents as part of residency verification. Not the same as home visits but if a school suspects fraud, they can and some do visit to verify.

That seems like kind of a fun job.

Fraud is theft -- theft of a coveted school spot from someone who might otherwise be eligible for it and a theft of resources and services from other students and the school.

PP here. I agree. I mean it actually seems like fun to go out and find out if those listed addresses exist/match up. Law and order without the guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend is the registrar at a DCPS school. She has visited addresses claimed by parents as part of residency verification. Not the same as home visits but if a school suspects fraud, they can and some do visit to verify.

That seems like kind of a fun job.

Really? Wow, I would hate to hang out with you. Showing a pregnant mom the sonogram of her baby sounds like a fun job. Marrying a couple who are deeply in love sounds like a fun job. Rooting children out of an elementary school doesn't sound like a fun job. Necessary yes, but fun no. Unless of course, you're a miserable human being. Anyone who loves to deliver bad news is broken on some level. You are one of them, PP.

[Anonymous]

PP you're crazy! I would love a job that stops fraud! Don't be mean!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend is the registrar at a DCPS school. She has visited addresses claimed by parents as part of residency verification. Not the same as home visits but if a school suspects fraud, they can and some do visit to verify.

That seems like kind of a fun job.

Really? Wow, I would hate to hang out with you. Showing a pregnant mom the sonogram of her baby sounds like a fun job. Marrying a couple who are deeply in love sounds like a fun job. Rooting children out of an elementary school doesn't sound like a fun job. Necessary yes, but fun no. Unless of course, you're a miserable human being. Anyone who loves to deliver bad news is broken on some level. You are one of them, PP.

I think a registrar probably has lots of other duties besides "rooting children out of an elementary school."

And you sound like someone who has never seen anything bad on a sonogram. Congratulations.