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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those numbers tell me that DCUM needs to find another target if 47 kids are paying OOS tuition to attend. Get over the fact that your kid(s)' campuses aren't as pretty or if they weren't granted admission.[/quote]

My kids are in second grade. At dcps.  [b]All I am saying it 47  represents a big percentage.[/b] Dcps needs to step up and offer more seats to dc students. [/quote]

Per the MOU that governs the Ellington and DCPS operation (it isn't a regular DCPS school), Ellington can legally enroll tuition-paying, out of state students, up to 10% of its student body. DCPS re-signed within the last 2-3 years. Each MOU is good for several years (I believe 5-10 years).
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This needs to change.  Why should DC taxpayers provide a subsidized education (and in fraud cases, a free one) to kids from PG County?[/quote]

1) I know 3 OOS tuition payers (1 graduated last year, 2 are graduating this year). 2 live in Fairfax County, 1 lives in Baltimore. Can we just dispense with the PG slams? OOS is OOS and DESA has regional pull. If the tuition amount were increased (probably should be) I’m sure people would still pay it.

2) There is residency fraud throughout the city. Fraud at Ellington is no different than fraud at Wilson, Perry St, Breakthrough, Powell and the rest (all have had residency fraud incidents in last 18 months).

If you want it to change, apply for the chancellor’s parent cabinet (applications are open) and talk to your Council members and/or Mendelsohn and Grosso. But know that the current DCPS and political leadership ALL support Ellington and its current governance structure so you’re in for an uphill fight. Is this really the most important issue DCPS has?[/quote]

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