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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And, even if the total number of students initially identified were not all cheaters, their paperwork was dodgy enough to raise concerns, which overall indicates the registrar at Ellington is not doing due diligence. Just because those families proved residence, doesn’t mean the paperwork was proper up front. [/quote]

This is what jumped out at me.  Even if all the kids ultimately proved their residency, the fact that so many were enrolled with suspect paperwork is a problem.  I can understand that a few students are going to have unusual living arrangements, but most people should be able to supply the requisite number of approved documents.  The school needs to be vetting this stuff better.  [/quote]

We do not know what the paperwork problems were.  If the registrar was sloppy, that does not mean that the paperwork was "dodgy" in a blame the parents way.  I have filed residency paperwork every year for the past 9 years.  This past year I forgot to sign in one spot and months later our school registrar caught it and reached out to me and I then signed correctly.  She is a good registrar and I made an inadvertent mistake and she failed to catch it.

[b]It is a really big deal that OSSE made such huge errors[/b].  It undermines the ability to rely on its work and public claims.  [b]Yes, cheating is bad, but so is bungled enforcement. [/b] [/quote]

It also cost we taxpayers money because the DC AG's office had to go to court at least 2 times to defend the sloppy work of Ellington, and families who were not cheating had to take time from work, hire attorneys, to prove a negative.

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No, it wasn't Ellington that failed to follow the city's prescribed process -- which includes due process and clear notification of charges -- for people accused of residency fraud. OSSE did that part, and was called on the carpet by the judge, ALL BY ITSELF in its haste.

They were probably seeking good headlines about its tough enforcement to cover up the dozens of projects it has botched (city wide science test being thrown out, teacher certification process, transportation of children with disabilities).
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