School residency cheaters investigated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A wait listed family who didn't get in to their preferred school would have standing to sue, if they can definitively identify a fraudulent student.

Anyone on myschool dc want to sue? Anyone?

Yeah...thought so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A wait listed family who didn't get in to their preferred school would have standing to sue, if they can definitively identify a fraudulent student.

Anyone on myschool dc want to sue? Anyone?

Yeah...thought so.

So you think the burden should be on the waitlisted family to sue rather than the city/school to enforce the law?

Yeah...thought so.

[Anonymous]

Maybe Abigail Fisher will sue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/10/dc-government-chooses-maryland-kids-over-tax-paying-residents-for-school-slots/

And the next part is up, according a fairly serious accusation that the DME chief of staff directly intervened to have a MD resident in DC schools. Also that while there are MD residents that say they are MD residents and are supposed to pay tuition, little of that tuition is actually collected.

As bad as this paper is, this has been an interesting read... a bit like desperate housewives, you don't want to watch but ....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/10/dc-government-chooses-maryland-kids-over-tax-paying-residents-for-school-slots/

And the next part is up, according a fairly serious accusation that the DME chief of staff directly intervened to have a MD resident in DC schools. Also that while there are MD residents that say they are MD residents and are supposed to pay tuition, little of that tuition is actually collected.

In 2007.
Today's article is scattered and sounds like it was written by an intern

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Anonymous wrote:http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/07/maryland-parent-uses-dc-apartment-to-prove-residency-so-kids-attend-district-schools/ The latest installment.

Why would she agree to speak with the reporters and be so candid/flippant?

Because she thinks what she is doing is common, clever, respectable, and 'legitimate.'

Exactly. I have coworkers who talk freely about fraudulently attending DC schools, receiving WIC/Food Stamps, etc. There is no stigma whatsoever about fraud.

Where do you work and what is your profession where people speak so boldly about their personal lives- multiple people especially.

I work in SE DC in a social services profession.

And your social service workers are talking to you about frauds fly receiving social services. I don't believe it, knowing the risk of losing their jobs. Your story stinks of falsehoods.

Believe what you want-or need-to believe. I live in MD so the residency fraud doesn't impact me too much, so whatever. What currently irritates me is the woman who gets WIC. She may possibly qualify on her own, but her husband works for Metro. Anyway the point is that this type of fraud is not looked down upon in any way. It shocked me at first, but I see how deeply ingrained it is. These are not bad people committing this fraud, just regular people who feel like they are entitled to certain benefits they see others getting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:A wait listed family who didn't get in to their preferred school would have standing to sue, if they can definitively identify a fraudulent student.

Anyone on myschool dc want to sue? Anyone?

Yeah...thought so.

So you think the burden should be on the waitlisted family to sue rather than the city/school to enforce the law?

Yeah...thought so.

Nap. Whether it should be or not that might be what it takes.

[Anonymous]

Not 'nap' -- NP.

[Anonymous]

Today's article is perhaps the most damning yet -- strongly suggesting that a lot of the DC government is being run by and for certain level DC government employees, their family members and their friends, a lot of whom happen to live in Maryland. It's like the old Soviet system in which it was all about the Nomenklatura.

[Anonymous]

Yes, again very annoying that Duke Ellington, which is costing an arm and a leg to renovated, is NOT collecting money from the MD residents enrolled in the school. This school system is a hot mess.

[Anonymous]

Agreed -- the Caller's reporters found data on cheating that every informed person should know, for example:

"Ellington has 525 students and 40 — nearly a tenth of the school — disclose they live in Maryland. Those students’ families owed a total of $463,200 in tuition, but local officials collected only $163,249, or 35 percent."

This is simply flat-out stealing.

[Anonymous]

And:

"The D.C. government has a long track record of turning a blind eye as city money fraudulently flows to Prince George’s County, Maryland. One reason for that may be the D.C. government is controlled by Maryland residents: 16,400 of the employees who run D.C. reside in Maryland — overwhelmingly in Prince George’s County. This us compared with the 15,800 who actually live in the city that employs them, according to information the D.C. government gave TheDCNF as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request. Only 3,600 live in Virginia.

The Maryland zip code where the most city employees live has a median household income of $95,000, far higher than the median household income of D.C. residents, which is $72,000. This refutes a claim frequently repeated by city employees that they should be paid more because they can’t afford to live in D.C."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/10/dc-government-chooses-maryland-kids-over-tax-paying-residents-for-school-slots/

And the next part is up, according a fairly serious accusation that the DME chief of staff directly intervened to have a MD resident in DC schools. Also that while there are MD residents that say they are MD residents and are supposed to pay tuition, little of that tuition is actually collected.

As bad as this paper is, this has been an interesting read... a bit like desperate housewives, you don't want to watch but ....

Really? I still can't figure out why people watch any of those trashy housewifey shows, but I also haven't figured out the ongoing popularity of the Kardashians, Beyonce, or Miley Circus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Abigail Fisher will sue.

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And:

"The D.C. government has a long track record of turning a blind eye as city money fraudulently flows to Prince George’s County, Maryland. One reason for that may be the D.C. government is controlled by Maryland residents: 16,400 of the employees who run D.C. reside in Maryland — overwhelmingly in Prince George’s County. This us compared with the 15,800 who actually live in the city that employs them, according to information the D.C. government gave TheDCNF as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request. Only 3,600 live in Virginia.

The Maryland zip code where the most city employees live has a median household income of $95,000, far higher than the median household income of D.C. residents, which is $72,000. This refutes a claim frequently repeated by city employees that they should be paid more because they can’t afford to live in D.C."

it's housing costs that matter, not median income.