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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of us should judge struggling families forced to make tough decisions about DC public school attendance.

Cheaper Catholic option? The odds of admission to a Catholic HS in the DMV, if you can afford the 30K+ tuition, are terrible unless you're applying for a 9th grade spot. The admissions process is complex and takes months to complete. You can't just head to one at any time. [/quote]

Of course I judge them. This is exactly the kind of situation where people can and should be judged. Because those of us who play by the rules (in the same exact system with the same exact problems) handle it without cheating.

You can cheat and likely not get caught, but you cannot force people not to judge you. Or report you for that matter. [/quote]

If you're more upset about people cheating than about DCPS's lack of interest in providing an appropriate education for EOTP kids who are at or above grade level, I judge you. And if you want to spend your time reporting them, you can, but DCPS does not care.[/quote]

I can be upset about multiple things. And in fact this things are connected. A culture of lawlessness doesn’t do anything for DCPS. Tightening up the rules on the lottery via MySchool and auditing enrollment paperwork in fact led to greater investment in IB schools IMO leading to the improvement of schools like Payne, Chisholm, Maury; and the trickle up investment into EH. You act like there are not HUNDREDS of families on the Hill with “above grade level kids” who follow the freakin’ rules. Again you can be a narcissistic cheater, but you cannot be also seen as a fair and good person. [/quote]

If DCPS wanted to enforce this, I think that would be fine. But it's not going to get you what you want for exactly the reason you said, which is that most parents aren't doing this. The numbers are very small. [/quote]

Sure. The point is that nobody feels sorry for these “struggling families” that have no option but to cheat.

As far as DCPS goes - they in fact did greatly tighten up their procedures by using the MySchool lottery system which makes it much harder to just slip under the radar; as well as being stricter about enrollment paperwork and address verification. No they are not going to catch everyone but they do care about maintaining a geographical enrollment system with integrity. [/quote]

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