Scope of OSSE errors in Ellington case revealed

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Anonymous wrote:Too many people are thinking in extremes with this. It is very possible for two things to be true at once. One, that the paperwork turned in by families was accurate for the school to approve, AND two, that the later OSSE investigation (which looked at other evidence BEYOND what families gave) found new things that made them suspicious of fraud. For example, families who have houses in DC, cars registered in DC but work in MD and an employer who takes taxes out for MD (an immediate flag to OSSE). Those are the kinds of cases that got caught up in this, except that OSSE chose to declare non-residency rather than just ask families the question.

Are you saying that the family provided ACCURATE COMPREHENSIVE information to register and OSSE still investigated?

I could see a situation where a family provided incomplete information and OSSE investigated. A situation with a car registered at one address and a utility bill for another address. Or address for student on form as 1 address and utility bill from rental property in DC as 2nd address.

But if you had all of your information compliant for registering and OSSE still did a search - that is an issue.

OSSE seized and investigated the records of the entire student body. The investigation and the audit were two separate operations. People are confusing the two.