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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a DCPS school, but it also has an outside board and is traditionally given a lot of autonomy. But DCPS has become concerned about a lot of things-- sexual abuse of students, HR problems, and of course the residency cheating (which blew up in DCPS' face but I think even one residency cheating kid is an embarrassment to Ellington, and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to the city). Autonomy is a privilege and privileges can be lost if not treated with care.[/quote]

Seriously how is one cheating kid an embarrassment?  It's a freaking school, not a private detective agency. The vast majority of families accused were families with two Moms, or two Dads with different last names and complicated birth certificate issues, or adoptive parents, or divorced with one parent living in MD or VA, or who works in MD or VA and pays taxes in those states. Normal, 21st century family stuff in a city that's only 5 square miles big. Stuff happens.
How many out- of-boundary and MD kids in other DC schools are lying about living with aunts and grandmas? Why would you expect that not to happen at Ellington once or twice. And unlike any school in the city,  they've been audited for the last 5 years and have had 100% compliance for that whole time. Can we say the same about other schools in DC? [/quote]

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