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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Residency fraud is a huge problem in DC schools, and anyone who says otherwise has his head in the sand.  It's a shame that the race-baiting Daily Caller is the outlet that decided to take this on. I am all in favor of cracking down on cheaters, but these articles are really gross.[/quote]

Disagree, and we've been in DCPS schools for a long time. Residency fraud isn't a huge problem - that's an urban myth. Arguably, it's not a problem at all. We know a number of "cheaters" (mostly AA or mixed race) who make four-figure PTA contributions per child per year. THey knock themselves out to help schools struggling to retain high SES neighborhood families in the upper grades.

But [b]widespread use of DC schools by MD residents[/b] who don't pay DC taxes or live in the District is a real problem. Good for the Daily Caller for calling attention to it. Wish OSSE was given far more resources and incentives to go at them, hard.

That *is* residency fraud.  Maybe what you mean in the prior paragraph is boundary fraud.

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