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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a DC resident with multiple children in DCPS. The vitriol on this thread is disturbing. The lack of empathy for the non-resident children who are enrolled by their parents through no fault of their own, and the consequences for these children of publicly shaming their parents. The demonization of non-resident parents, who, with regard to PG County in particular, were pushed out or priced out of DC.

I’m not suggesting that gentrifiers or white people should feel guilty, but hoping they would have some sensitivity to the complicated racial history and dynamics linking PG and DC.

[b]Plus, the suggestion that tax returns/government benefits paperwork should be a singular means of proving residence shows serious a lack of understanding of and bias against poor communities.T[/b]oo bad the energy isn’t channeled into legitimate advocacy for underserved families in DC instead of advocating for a witch hunt.[/quote]

This is so amazingly naive to me.  Do you work in the tax field?  Do you work in poor communities?  Did you know that in 2015 DC expanded the eligibility for the EITC to residents without children?  A tax return is standard in poor communities.  It is more prevalent than driver's licenses or car registrations.  From Feb - April most housing projects, community groups, rec centers and quite a few libraries open up free tax prep locations to help low income residents file.  For many of these families it is a relied upon resource to get them through the rest of the year.

In addition the only children named in these articles have been children of city employees.  My children attend school with a family who was named in the last go around (chancellor placements rather than residency fraud).  Not only are the children NOT publicly shamed but they are still in the school and the mother posts on the listserve.  It is appalling the lack of personal responsibility shown by the people who have been outed.[/quote]

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