Field trip chaperones can find residency cheaters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Still doesn't matter. I do not want a mentally ill person addressing my child. Yes, if you're manipulating children by asking where they live, you are mentally ill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I attended a field trip today as a chaperone and during the bus ride, one child asked if I knew where he lived. Just to be light-hearted, I pointed to a random house and said, "Right there?" The child laughed and said no and named his street in DC.

It dawned on me that even young kids, including my own, know what street and city they live in. I can just make conversation with the kids about where they live. If I find one who reports to live in Maryland, take their name and report to authorities. Boom.

Just imagine if we had groups of parents doing this for every field trip in every school across the city...

Really twisted and despicable.

[Anonymous]

There's a mom in a MD car who drops off at our elem school. One day I pointed at her license plate, with a friendly smile said " you must have a bit of a drive over here.". She got very agitated and said "I don't have to talk to you." She drove away fast.

[Anonymous]

Ask if you want. We borrow a car from family in MD while we work to afford a reliable one. We live in DC though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a mom in a MD car who drops off at our elem school. One day I pointed at her license plate, with a friendly smile said " you must have a bit of a drive over here.". She got very agitated and said "I don't have to talk to you." She drove away fast.

Hahahahaha, that's hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Still doesn't matter. I do not want a mentally ill person addressing my child. Yes, if you're manipulating children by asking where they live, you are mentally ill.

Huh. Is that in the DSM IV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask if you want. We borrow a car from family in MD while we work to afford a reliable one. We live in DC though.

So, if you're legit, you don't clam up, act like you're taking the Fifth and leave skid marks as you pull away, if someone makes a lighthearted remark about the MD plates.

[Anonymous]

Or you can watch the parent who is an employee of DCPS get into his car with Maryland plates after a school function. My child told me a fellow student shared that he lived in Maryland yesterday. Same old same old.......

[Anonymous]

I accidentally found out my daughter's dear friend was a residency cheat. The girl kept repeatedly asking for a play date so I said that I didn't know her mom yet but that we could meet up at a park - so I asked her where she lived and she said, robotically "Washington, DC." I didn't realize at first and I was like, "right, I meant what neighborhood." And she just kept insisting she lived in DC. Then I caught on.

But I didn't turn her in because she was 6 and I'm not a horrible person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a mom in a MD car who drops off at our elem school. One day I pointed at her license plate, with a friendly smile said " you must have a bit of a drive over here.". She got very agitated and said "I don't have to talk to you." She drove away fast.

Hahahahaha, that's hilarious.

Did you report them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I accidentally found out my daughter's dear friend was a residency cheat. The girl kept repeatedly asking for a play date so I said that I didn't know her mom yet but that we could meet up at a park - so I asked her where she lived and she said, robotically "Washington, DC." I didn't realize at first and I was like, "right, I meant what neighborhood." And she just kept insisting she lived in DC. Then I caught on.

But I didn't turn her in because she was 6 and I'm not a horrible person.

Not trying to defend a possible residency cheater, but my child would answer the same thing. They memorize addresses and the city is "Washington, DC." I didn't think to have my child memorize the name of the neighborhood. Did you follow up with the mom about the play date?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I accidentally found out my daughter's dear friend was a residency cheat. The girl kept repeatedly asking for a play date so I said that I didn't know her mom yet but that we could meet up at a park - so I asked her where she lived and she said, robotically "Washington, DC." I didn't realize at first and I was like, "right, I meant what neighborhood." And she just kept insisting she lived in DC. Then I caught on.

But I didn't turn her in because she was 6 and I'm not a horrible person.

Okay maybe your kid is a genius, but at six my kid could not tell you that he lived in Woodridge. He could tell you that he lived in Washington, DC. He knew his telephone number, his address and 911. He die not know Woodridge. Come on lady, you are stretching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or you can watch the parent who is an employee of DCPS get into his car with Maryland plates after a school function. My child told me a fellow student shared that he lived in Maryland yesterday. Same old same old.......

This is more common that you think. DC government employees act like party functionaries in the old Communist era, in that they feel there are privileges and perks there for the taking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a mom in a MD car who drops off at our elem school. One day I pointed at her license plate, with a friendly smile said " you must have a bit of a drive over here.". She got very agitated and said "I don't have to talk to you." She drove away fast.

Guess she was just late for work at the DC DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or you can watch the parent who is an employee of DCPS get into his car with Maryland plates after a school function. My child told me a fellow student shared that he lived in Maryland yesterday. Same old same old.......

This is more common that you think. DC government employees act like party functionaries in the old Communist era, in that they feel there are privileges and perks there for the taking.

This. I'd wager that vast majority of residency cheats from MD and VA are DC municipal employees. Of course many work in DCPS - their friend is the one responsible for reviewing residency documents. If a principal want to keep their job, they ignore the cheating otherwise they'll be labeled a "rat." And then you have the case of the two MPD cops who got busted last year.

The system is rotten to the core. And don't get me started on all the District employees who have handicapped placards.....ugh.