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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is difficult situation b/c many of the kids are descendants of native Washingtonians and have families who live in MD, VA or DC. These kids are sometimes transient and are in and out of relatives house. I think many UMC white people come from a nuclear family background and don't understand that some of these kids have different family situations. That is my experience at least.  [/quote]

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That may be the case, but the vast vast majority of people who are cheating the system don't fall within that description.  And if they do, they likely still have one parent or guardian who has proof of residency in DC.  So if they're in and out of grandma's house in PG county, they probably still have either mom or dad in the district who can show a DC pay stub -- even if they don't spend much time at their parents'.  I also suspect that if OSSE was investigating a case where a kid was literally semi-homeless and their DC-based parents had recently deserted them such that their living situation was tenuous, but that they had initially provided sufficient proof of DC residence, that OSSE would likely take a soft position on that one extreme case.[/quote]

OSSE didn't take it easy when that exact scenario played out with PG grandma. Then again, she was also a principal at said DC school where her grandkid went to school where she worked. In that case, mon actually lived in DC but because kid stayed with grandma in PG, OSSE made a great example of them. The sad part (and I'm all for reporting cheaters but this case seemed like an appropriate exception) is said school did not have a waitlist (at the time) and was a school nobody wanted to go to.[/quote]

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