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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]

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We can't really know if the articles are in fact racist or if the slant of the articles is racist.  Demographic statistics would very likely show trends of non-white families doing this more often. White families in this area have higher incomes and more mobility - again stats support this - so they are not going to be eager to cheat to get into a low performing public or charter school nor are they likely to move to PG county.  It's a valid point that if a neighborhood school with boundaries that have almost all white neighborhoods has virtually no white students, something is amiss.

In a way, I can't say I fault the parents.  They took advantage of a loophole and lots of people everyday do that.  It started because a couple people got away with it and then they told their friends and family that oversight was lax and yes it was a rule but nobody enforced it and they are right.  It's not logical to expect the parents to care more about the rules than DCPS.  If DCPS says, hey this rule doesn't matter and we don't care about it, then the parents aren't going to either.  
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