Would lie about where you live...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I live in a desirable school district and have the means to move if it became necessary, it is really easy for me to say that I would never lie. However, I have not walked in that woman's shoes and it is clear she was trying to get the best education possible for her children. I am not sure I can fault that ESPECIALLY since their father lived in the right neighborhood.

I agree. I feel for the woman. This, however, is totally different than the HHI ppl in this area lying to get into what they perceive to be a slightly better school. It is such a big problem in our local school district which is flush with $ and it has increased the class ratios and drained the school's resources. These are the ppl that should be charged with an offense not the OH woman with no resources desparate to do anything to help her kids get a leg up and out of a totally dismal situation.

Our country really needs to fix the public school system. We are failing too many kids.

All it takes is money. Do you think it would be enough if we raised individual incomes taxes by 20% of everyone making over $100,000 a year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people who work SOOO HARD to live in the neighborhoods you live in are missing the big picture here.

A well educated child is better for our entire society. An involved parent who wants better for her child and who will do anything so her child can get a good education is better for our entire society. This is what we WANT. How can you be "so successful" and so stupid when it comes to what is best for society and everyone as a whole?

Oh yea, and you "hard workers" who work "so hard" to live in your excellent school district, you are a product of luck and involved parents. My housekeeper and nanny work much harder than me and will never be able to make the income I make. Hey, and guess what? I let my nanny use my address so her brown kid can go to my excellent local public school. She is from over the border in Prince William county all muddying up my Faifrax school. All I hope for is that her kid gets a head start so he can have a better life than her.

While I understand your concern and passion, here's a question for you. Would you have a problem with every family in your district doing what you're doing? Let's say . . . every family letting their nieces, nephews, grandchildren, plus housekeeper's and nanny's children attend your neighborhood school?

That might not be a bad thing. I think schools should be opened up to competition and resources should be allocated accordingly. The schools that are preforming and desirable should get the money, but this is (gasp!) a conservative idea. I think most people are much happier isolated in their homogenous upper income "hard working" communities, trying to find solutions for the brown people that they want to keep "over there".

The social problem we have here is that there are not enough parents who are involved enough to want to flood my schools like this and DEMAND better for their kids.

Again, take the long view, well educated kids are good for everyone. Our country is slipping and the ONLY thing that will save us is to get with the program and get our kids educated and parents involved, not only putting pressure on the school, but rolling up their sleeves and helping their kids learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I live in a desirable school district and have the means to move if it became necessary, it is really easy for me to say that I would never lie. However, I have not walked in that woman's shoes and it is clear she was trying to get the best education possible for her children. I am not sure I can fault that ESPECIALLY since their father lived in the right neighborhood.

I agree. I feel for the woman. This, however, is totally different than the HHI ppl in this area lying to get into what they perceive to be a slightly better school. It is such a big problem in our local school district which is flush with $ and it has increased the class ratios and drained the school's resources. These are the ppl that should be charged with an offense not the OH woman with no resources desparate to do anything to help her kids get a leg up and out of a totally dismal situation.

Our country really needs to fix the public school system. We are failing too many kids.

All it takes is money. Do you think it would be enough if we raised individual incomes taxes by 20% of everyone making over $100,000 a year?

You think more money will fix the schools-HA! What the schools need are more Michelle Rhee's and parents who are involved. Throwing money as a failing system where poor preforming teachers are bullet proof with union backing is not the solution.

Teachers, Parents, Principals, and Administrations need to be held accountable for doing their JOBS. However, when someone comes along to do that, the status quo is supported in all reality.

[Anonymous]

agree with the PP who laughed at the idea that more money is the answer. when you have parent-teacher night and 7 parents show up, all the money in the world is not going to help those kids ... and if I was one of the 7 parents who did care about education, damn sure I would find a better school for my child residency or not ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:agree with the PP who laughed at the idea that more money is the answer. when you have parent-teacher night and 7 parents show up, all the money in the world is not going to help those kids ... and if I was one of the 7 parents who did care about education, damn sure I would find a better school for my child residency or not ...

Can I get an amen?

That is not breaking the law, that is good parenting.

[Anonymous]

When I was young, my family moved in the middle of the school year, so it was standard to stay at the current school until the start of the new school year.
With my subject choices, I had to stay.
Not a big deal. Why would it be?
Problem is the school drop outs, not the ones attending school on the sly!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was young, my family moved in the middle of the school year, so it was standard to stay at the current school until the start of the new school year.
With my subject choices, I had to stay.
Not a big deal. Why would it be?
Problem is the school drop outs, not the ones attending school on the sly!!

I think the real problem is some posters are uncomfortable about the co-mingling of diverse socioeconomic classes, it is a dead give away when they are posting about what incredible sacrifices in the form of hard work (thus implying that the "others" are not hard-working, just welfare sucking, baby-popping freeloaders) to live in their amazing school districts.

[Anonymous]

That's awful. They hired a PI to follow her to be sure she was telling the truth? I wonder what motivated them to check.... maybe because she is African American?

Well the irony is, now that they sent the mother too jail, the kids will have to live with their grandfather. In the correct school district.

[Anonymous]

19:56 - boy are you stupid. I had neither luck nor involved parents. Which is exactly why I am a firm believer in hard work, unlike you. You need to reassess. Everything. No, I do not tolerate that kind of stealing. Nor should I have to just because the likes of you are trying to pretend you know me. How dare you. If your nanny is lying about that, what else is she lying about? You should be shutting up and be grateful you can afford your nanny, not crowding my school. I will make it my mission to find you and report you. You should really know who you are pissing off. For someone who thinks she knows everything. Surprise! You know absolutely nothing.

[Anonymous]

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19:56 - boy are you stupid. I had neither luck nor involved parents. Which is exactly why I am a firm believer in hard work, unlike you. You need to reassess. Everything. No, I do not tolerate that kind of stealing. Nor should I have to just because the likes of you are trying to pretend you know me. How dare you. If your nanny is lying about that, what else is she lying about? You should be shutting up and be grateful you can afford your nanny, not crowding my school. I will make it my mission to find you and report you. You should really know who you are pissing off. For someone who thinks she knows everything. Surprise! You know absolutely nothing.

If this isn't a troll, there are truly some crazies on this board. Really, the lying issue aside- you sound like a complete nut. I'm not saying this to be mean, but to let you know you sound mentally unstable and/or emotionally unfulfilled (in your life, marriage, career, with yourself, with your kids, or something). Do you make it your mission to hunt down the perpetrators of every crime admitted on an anonymous forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see plenty of cars with Maryland license plates dropping off children at my neighborhood elementary school in Alexandria. I have been told that they are divorced moms and dads who live in Maryland but that their children's primary homes are in that school district in Alexandria.

Then you should report them because VA law is that you have to switch to VA tags and state driver's license within 30 days.

You have to switch to VA tags if your ex moves to VA with the kids? Really? I did not know that.

I lived in DC and sent my kid to a desirable charter. My mother, who lives in MD, often picked my son up to provide childcare. Should she also be reported to the police? Is inviting your grandchild over for milk and cookies now a crime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people who work SOOO HARD to live in the neighborhoods you live in are missing the big picture here.

A well educated child is better for our entire society. An involved parent who wants better for her child and who will do anything so her child can get a good education is better for our entire society. This is what we WANT. How can you be "so successful" and so stupid when it comes to what is best for society and everyone as a whole?

Oh yea, and you "hard workers" who work "so hard" to live in your excellent school district, you are a product of luck and involved parents. My housekeeper and nanny work much harder than me and will never be able to make the income I make. Hey, and guess what? I let my nanny use my address so her brown kid can go to my excellent local public school. She is from over the border in Prince William county all muddying up my Faifrax school. All I hope for is that her kid gets a head start so he can have a better life than her.

One wonders if being able to speak and write English correctly is a prerequisite for this "hig-paying" job of yours? Obviously not. Perhaps you should take some classes with your nanny. Prince William actually has a good school system and is now one of the highest income counties in the US.

We worked to educate our children and it had nothing to do with luck or being born with a silver spoon in our mouths. It had everything to do with values and damn hard work. You might try this. In fact, we worked hard enough to educate our children in private schools but I still pay taxes for public schools and I have no problem with this because an educated child is a benefit to the community. However, this doesn't mean that every child in VA can attend school in Fairfax County schools.

[Anonymous]

"high" paying job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people who work SOOO HARD to live in the neighborhoods you live in are missing the big picture here.

A well educated child is better for our entire society. An involved parent who wants better for her child and who will do anything so her child can get a good education is better for our entire society. This is what we WANT. How can you be "so successful" and so stupid when it comes to what is best for society and everyone as a whole?

Oh yea, and you "hard workers" who work "so hard" to live in your excellent school district, you are a product of luck and involved parents. My housekeeper and nanny work much harder than me and will never be able to make the income I make. Hey, and guess what? I let my nanny use my address so her brown kid can go to my excellent local public school. She is from over the border in Prince William county all muddying up my Faifrax school. All I hope for is that her kid gets a head start so he can have a better life than her.

One wonders if being able to speak and write English correctly is a prerequisite for this "hig-paying" job of yours? Obviously not. Perhaps you should take some classes with your nanny. Prince William actually has a good school system and is now one of the highest income counties in the US.

We worked to educate our children and it had nothing to do with luck or being born with a silver spoon in our mouths. It had everything to do with values and damn hard work. You might try this. In fact, we worked hard enough to educate our children in private schools but I still pay taxes for public schools and I have no problem with this because an educated child is a benefit to the community. However, this doesn't mean that every child in VA can attend school in Fairfax County schools.

Ah, she who makes snarky comments about another person's grammar is a perpetrator of- gasp!- typos! Perhaps you should take some typing classes?

Does not matter that you corrected it a minute later- just letting you know that those who point out minor typos or spelling/grammatical instead of responding to the points raised usually do so because they are not intellectually capable of making thoughtful contributions to the debate.

(I'm not the PP you're snarking against)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why bother lying when we know that not all kids that go to these *great* schools are going to be a rocket scientist.

And why are parents living in these great schools neighborhood pay money to the school? I thought public means free education, no?

Public education in the school district in which you live. By some of the reasoning on this thread, it would be all right if you simply throw people out of their homes and you and your family take over. You want better schools then work with your school board and stop waiting for everyone else to do the work you should be doing to have better schools in your district. Too many parents are simply lazy and do nothing and expect to get everything handed to them. That isn't the way it works. There are rules and if you break them then there are consequences. If you can't do the time then don't do the crime.