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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MYOB[/quote]

Lol. NP but this is ridiculous. This is OP's business. If people from outside the city are committing residency fraud to take spots in her IB school, and her children are unable to attend as a result, that is 100% her business. Don't be obtuse.

OP, I have mixed feelings about this because I do think some percentage of the cars with Maryland tags doing drop off are not residency fraud -- it's kids from divorced homes where one parent lives in PG county, or a grandparent or other caretaker who lives in Maryland doing drop off to help parents with challenging commutes or work schedules. So I don't like assuming that just because I see one kid get out of a car with Maryland tags, that family is committing fraud.

But yes, the sheer volume is concerning to me. I don't think you can explain away dozens of cars with Maryland tags doing drop off with these explanations. Schools in DC are so challenging as is, and stuff like this erodes faith in the system and sows distrust among school communities. [/quote]

You say it's her business and then immediately come up with reasons why the tags might not be residency fraud. Exactly. She's not the residency police, and has no right to get into people's family lives.[/quote]

No, am acknowledging that on an individual basis it does not make sense to level allegations or assume that child's family is committing fraud. But the bigger point is that when you see A LOT of Maryland tags at drop off, that should raise red flags and trigger some kind of review. You can write off individual incidents as being particular to that family's circumstances and give people the benefit of the doubt. But if you consistently have dozens of kids showing up in cars with MD tags (especially for a school like Maury where it doesn't really make sense that so many students would be driven to school anyway -- it is a very walkable area), then it is understandable that IB families would start wondering what is going on. A few kids coming from a family member's house in PG, or arriving in nanny's cars -- OK. Dozens? It raises questions that should be investigated and it's not wrong to say that.[/quote]

While I agree that singling out family sucks, I’m tired of Marylanders speeding through my neighborhood and parking illegally in my neighborhood.  If any are taking advantage of free PK, they wasting our tax dollars that should go to DC residents! You get a vote in Congress, let us have our schools!

There should be a full investigation into each and every family situation.[/quote]

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