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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt they will be doing anything significant.  We all ask why it is so difficult to weed out the cheaters, but the cheaters must plan this very carefully so not to get caught.  Either that or the government is absolutely, extremely lazy about doing something about it.  Proof of residency is a joke - anyone can borrow friend's address, or manufacture the pay stub or other paperwork.  Because there is no consequence to cheating - other than to get kicked out, but that's not a consequence, it's a result.  If they are penalized for cheating, say they owe the tuition for the duration of how long they attended the school, it may change the cheaters' mind about it.  But right now, there is nothing to lose so they risk doing it.  [b]DC is so broken, or any urban settings are for that matter, I guess, that every other household is a broken unit.  Someone other than the parents hold custody or guardianship to the children, and it complicates everything.[/b]  Schools are not really checking who the legal guardian to the student is.  So do I have any new ideas on how we can get this job done?  Not really, because all these overpaid employees must have exhausted their resources to do everything they could.  My bottom line - yes, I am sick of it too and very frustrated that little can be done.  [/quote]

What you are describing here is really the exception to the rule, at least in Ward 3 schools. Very few families fit the description you're describing. There are 2 or 3 kids of divorce in the whole 2nd Grade at Janney. (and no foster kids that I know of in the entire school.) The numbers are a little higher for Deal, but in this economy, divorce stats are extremely low across the board.  [/quote]

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