Field trip chaperones can find residency cheaters

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Anonymous wrote:I would never ask a child where they live, not would I report a child who told me where they live. But I did actually have a PK3er tell me they lived in Maryland when we were on a field trip bus to Baltimore. I changed the subject quickly, but I feel bad for the kids who get caught up in the parents' lies.

Don't feel bad or assume parents are lying. You had a 3 year old tell you they live in Maryland. Maybe it was Maryland that day and tomorrow it's DC with mom.

A 3 yo. Are you kidding me? Maybe they used to live in MD. You have no idea.

I love the way folks rationalize fraud. Maybe because they are fraudsters themselves or have a family member or close friend who is doing it?

I think it's more likely this. They have a family member or a good friend in a tough school district and they can't afford to pay for private (maybe raised by a single mom? never had much money?). So they "do whatever it takes to give my child a good education" and the cheating ends up being viewed as a moral imperative. It's seen as rising above the challenges the family faces.

And yes, I'm sure the teachers know who the cheaters are. They probably hear so much crazy drama from the kids about their home lives and families.

I'd be more than happy if DCPS gave a $1000 cash bonus to any teacher that identified a cheating family and had them removed from the District schools.

And you'd also be fine with a random adult interrogating your child about where he/she lives?

How is asking a child where he or she lives an "interrogation?" The only people who are freaking out about this are those who have something to lose. We live in the District in a lovely neighborhood and I'm fine with our kid saying that, since it's the truth.

What other questions and information can I ask your child before you consider it an interrogation. Leave the kids out of it. And, more than likely my neighborhood in the District is far nicer than your gentrifying neighborhood.

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You are ill OP. Contact your council rep. Go to the PTA. Stop shaking down kids.

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I'm glad to know asking children about what goes on at home is fair game for some people. I'd like to know EXACTLY what some of you are doing.

I law to line your kids up at the next field trip and ask them personal questions about what mommy and daddy do at home.

Thanks OP, great idea!!!

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Hey OP - if you are that concerned, have you thought about following every child home from school. That would be a sure way to find the cheaters. We are talking about young children here- right? OP. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. As a DC tax payer and public school parent I am of course against frausters. But this kind of vigilante approach towards innocent children....sad OP, really quite sad.

This. Residency cheating is awful; however, manipulating children is plain disgusting. OP, find another way if you feel this is such an issue.

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Anonymous wrote:As I posted in the other thread - it bears repeating here, as well:

"Any legit District taxpayer with half a brain can tell you why the cheating is an issue - IT CAUSES MY TAXES TO STAY HIGH! I'm all for giving District kids - of any socioeconomic background - a great education. I'm happy to pay my taxes for that. But I don't want to foot the bill for MD and VA parents who want to leech off our decent charters and cheap after-care programs that are conveniently near their District offices."

Right; however, there's a time, place and way to out cheaters that do not include involving children.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did I pay so much to live in Bethesda for the public schools there? I should be residency cheating and sending my kids to DCPS! It's in such high demand apparently.

Go back to the Maryland forum with the other A-holes from Bethesda. There is no shortage of parents who paid far more to live in DC than you did for a shitty cookie cutter 70s split-ranch.

The DC residency cheaters don't tend to come from MoCo, but PG instead.

You, my dear are wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did I pay so much to live in Bethesda for the public schools there? I should be residency cheating and sending my kids to DCPS! It's in such high demand apparently.

Go back to the Maryland forum with the other A-holes from Bethesda. There is no shortage of parents who paid far more to live in DC than you did for a shitty cookie cutter 70s split-ranch.

The DC residency cheaters don't tend to come from MoCo, but PG instead.

You, my dear are wrong.

Rank of cheaters - most to least:
1. EoTP DC residents cheating their way into WoTP schools
2. PG residents
3. MoCo
4. VA
5. China! (said in Trump voice)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are ill OP. Contact your council rep. Go to the PTA. Stop shaking down kids.

Op shouldn't be contacting her council rep, she should be contacting a therapist.

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Anonymous wrote:As I posted in the other thread - it bears repeating here, as well:

"Any legit District taxpayer with half a brain can tell you why the cheating is an issue - IT CAUSES MY TAXES TO STAY HIGH! I'm all for giving District kids - of any socioeconomic background - a great education. I'm happy to pay my taxes for that. But I don't want to foot the bill for MD and VA parents who want to leech off our decent charters and cheap after-care programs that ar conveniently near their District offices."

Right; however, there's a time, place and way to out cheaters that do not include involving children.

I do NOT agree with OP's methods. That said, it is the child's parents who decided to make them complicit in the crime.

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Anonymous wrote:As I posted in the other thread - it bears repeating here, as well:

"Any legit District taxpayer with half a brain can tell you why the cheating is an issue - IT CAUSES MY TAXES TO STAY HIGH! I'm all for giving District kids - of any socioeconomic background - a great education. I'm happy to pay my taxes for that. But I don't want to foot the bill for MD and VA parents who want to leech off our decent charters and cheap after-care programs that ar conveniently near their District offices."

Right; however, there's a time, place and way to out cheaters that do not include involving children.

I do NOT agree with OP's methods. That said, it is the child's parents who decided to make them complicit in the crime.

Good grief! You people are bat shit crazy! The way you're describing 5 year olds as "complicit with crime" etc... Is ridiculous! I agree that there is a problem and that it needs to be addressed, but it is beyond whack to involve the children.

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Anonymous wrote:As I posted in the other thread - it bears repeating here, as well:

"Any legit District taxpayer with half a brain can tell you why the cheating is an issue - IT CAUSES MY TAXES TO STAY HIGH! I'm all for giving District kids - of any socioeconomic background - a great education. I'm happy to pay my taxes for that. But I don't want to foot the bill for MD and VA parents who want to leech off our decent charters and cheap after-care programs that ar conveniently near their District offices."

Right; however, there's a time, place and way to out cheaters that do not include involving children.

I do NOT agree with OP's methods. That said, it is the child's parents who decided to make them complicit in the crime.

Good grief! You people are bat shit crazy! The way you're describing 5 year olds as "complicit with crime" etc... Is ridiculous! I agree that there is a problem and that it needs to be addressed, but it is beyond whack to involve the children.

Well, the children already are involved. They are the ones who will be booted from school mid-year, if caught.

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I don't see where OP asked where the kid lives. He asked HER, "Do you know where I live?". It appears OP literally did nothing to prompt it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People,
The simple solution is tracking devices for all students. Then we would have solid data.

Job done.

YES! Plant chips into their homework folders and agendas!

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Anonymous wrote:People,
The simple solution is tracking devices for all students. Then we would have solid data.

Job done.

YES! Plant chips into their homework folders and agendas!

Because it's definitely a good idea for strangers outside the home to know exactly where kids go all the time, especially given that there has been a hacking epidemic and those trackers would probably be hacked.