First day drop off -- MD tags

[Anonymous]

In your mind, when you look at all of the brown kids in your child's prek3 class, I am sure that's true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In your mind, when you look at all of the brown kids in your child's prek3 class, I am sure that's true.

Are you saying it's only the "brown" families who cheat? Stunning.

[Anonymous]

Are you saying you were dropped on the head as a child? Because it does seem believable.

No. I am saying, 60-odd posts about people who live in PG and work for the government because of the former mayor seems to heavily imply a certain bias. On your part. Were you only concerned with cheaters, you would not be whining so repeatedly over and over again about those facts... but you do. At least own your bigotry, sad loft mom.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, "facts" should have been in quotation marks.

Should I also make sweeping generalizations about over-educated and underemployed women who "chose" the urban experience in contrast to their own bland upbringings who spend a lot of time with the container store catalog? Because I bet there's a few of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you saying you were dropped on the head as a child? Because it does seem believable.

No. I am saying, 60-odd posts about people who live in PG and work for the government because of the former mayor seems to heavily imply a certain bias. On your part. Were you only concerned with cheaters, you would not be whining so repeatedly over and over again about those facts... but you do. At least own your bigotry, sad loft mom.

Wasn't it the late Chinese leader Deng who said that it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.

The same could be said for residency cheaters -- black, white, little green men from Mars. It doesn't matter who they are are where they're from, if they are not District residents. In any case, the parents are criminals. If they're scamming public and charter schools in DC, find 'em, remove 'em, prosecute the parents and stick 'em with a lien for back tuition.

[Anonymous]

And no one disagrees with that. But that point can be made without repeatedly bringing up Marion Barry and prince George county.

[Anonymous]

If the color of the cat does in fact not matter, why do you keep mentioning the cat's escalade, the cat's mcmansion, the cat's job at the DC dmv, and the cat's irresponsible lifestyle?

All supposition, of course--since you don't actually speak to the cat.

Although... I would believe that you are the kind of person who talks to their cats. Quite often.

[Anonymous]

I don't see what your point is. What if the most prevalent residency cheater lives in PG (where most of the schools are mediocre at best and good-value before/after care is not available) and works for the DC government (giving them a better idea of how to work the system, perhaps a false sense of entitlement to DC services and an incentive to find a school and aftercare closer to their work)? Should they get a pass on residency fraud? I don't think so!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you saying you were dropped on the head as a child? Because it does seem believable.

No. I am saying, 60-odd posts about people who live in PG and work for the government because of the former mayor seems to heavily imply a certain bias. On your part. Were you only concerned with cheaters, you would not be whining so repeatedly over and over again about those facts... but you do. At least own your bigotry, sad loft mom.

Original "Loft Mom" here:

I haven't been in this thread since last week, so no clue to whom you've been debating. Is there another urban Loft Mom in here? (if so, we should grab some coffee at Peregrine!)

Anyways, as PPs have told you numerous times:

UNCLENCH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8:30 @ Amidon -Bowen. 5 MD tags dropping off kids right in front of the school. No other cars.

Well, Amidon-Bowen now posts that on November 9th the're going to have an enrollment audit. So in true bureaucratic fashion, I assume they're going to accept any 2 pieces of paper and not even look outside the damn window and say, "Hey, if you're a DC resident, they why the heck are you driving a car with Md. or Va. tags?" How about using some brains and common sense, DCPS? We're getting tired of free, all-workday daycare for Ward 9 with free food to boot. Where does this kid principally live? Hey principal, it's a damn red herring when cars are lined up in front of your building with out-of-state tags. If getting rid of non-residents messes up your funding per head count, and so for that reason you look the other way, then DCPS needs to re-figure this methodology. In the end, it's always about candor, from the principal to the staffer examining documents to the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8:30 @ Amidon -Bowen. 5 MD tags dropping off kids right in front of the school. No other cars.

Well, Amidon-Bowen now posts that on November 9th the're going to have an enrollment audit. So in true bureaucratic fashion, I assume they're going to accept any 2 pieces of paper and not even look outside the damn window and say, "Hey, if you're a DC resident, they why the heck are you driving a car with Md. or Va. tags?" How about using some brains and common sense, DCPS? We're getting tired of free, all-workday daycare for Ward 9 with free food to boot. Where does this kid principally live? Hey principal, it's a damn red herring when cars are lined up in front of your building with out-of-state tags. If getting rid of non-residents messes up your funding per head count, and so for that reason you look the other way, then DCPS needs to re-figure this methodology. In the end, it's always about candor, from the principal to the staffer examining documents to the parents.

This. The other day there were three MD cars lined up at a WOTP elementary school. Drivers were of parent age, as kids came out and got in the cars @4:45 or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8:30 @ Amidon -Bowen. 5 MD tags dropping off kids right in front of the school. No other cars.

Well, Amidon-Bowen now posts that on November 9th the're going to have an enrollment audit. So in true bureaucratic fashion, I assume they're going to accept any 2 pieces of paper and not even look outside the damn window and say, "Hey, if you're a DC resident, they why the heck are you driving a car with Md. or Va. tags?" How about using some brains and common sense, DCPS? We're getting tired of free, all-workday daycare for Ward 9 with free food to boot. Where does this kid principally live? Hey principal, it's a damn red herring when cars are lined up in front of your building with out-of-state tags. If getting rid of non-residents messes up your funding per head count, and so for that reason you look the other way, then DCPS needs to re-figure this methodology. In the end, it's always about candor, from the principal to the staffer examining documents to the parents.

Looking forward to seeing how well or how bumbled this goes. We'll know when it keeps getting posted how many out-of-state tags there are out front.

[Anonymous]

Powell has a substantial number of Md plates at pick up and drop off and all seem to be parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Powell has a substantial number of Md plates at pick up and drop off and all seem to be parents.

Same at Phoebe Hearst ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8:30 @ Amidon -Bowen. 5 MD tags dropping off kids right in front of the school. No other cars.

Well, Amidon-Bowen now posts that on November 9th the're going to have an enrollment audit. So in true bureaucratic fashion, I assume they're going to accept any 2 pieces of paper and not even look outside the damn window and say, "Hey, if you're a DC resident, they why the heck are you driving a car with Md. or Va. tags?" How about using some brains and common sense, DCPS? We're getting tired of free, all-workday daycare for Ward 9 with free food to boot. Where does this kid principally live? Hey principal, it's a damn red herring when cars are lined up in front of your building with out-of-state tags. If getting rid of non-residents messes up your funding per head count, and so for that reason you look the other way, then DCPS needs to re-figure this methodology. In the end, it's always about candor, from the principal to the staffer examining documents to the parents.

Is it an enrollment audit or a residency audit?

It's normal for every school to have an enrollment audit in the fall, where auditors confirm that every kid on the rolls actually exists. What's not normal is to audit the residency paperwork that was submitted when the students registered, I've never heard of that happening.