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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP who sees the Maryland tags at a school her child doesn't attend: I would write a letter to the charter's principal, cc'ing the ANC representative whose district the charter is in. Say that you've seen these tags and ask what the school's practice for catching cheaters is. If the principal doesn't get back to you in good time, contact the ANC rep.[/quote] Is this a school with long waitlists or one that has tuition-paying out of state residents, as allowed by law, because locals aren't that interested.

Follow the anonymous process and you've done your civic duty.[/quote]
If the school has tuition-paying out or state students, the principal or her staff can explain that.[/quote]

[b]schools with significant numbers of cheaters, if they exist, are probably crappy schools that would not enrol enough DC kids to stay open, and are a waste of DC taxpayer dollars[/b]. the administrators know very well but close both their eyes because they have a vested interest in keeping the school open (their jobs). other threads identified a couple of low performing charters are likely hosting significant numbers of non DC residents. so I do not think that a letter to the school would do anything. maybe a letter to the ANC rep. or an article from the Post would spur more action[/quote]

That is a ridiculous assumption.  There are plenty of examples of people in high-demand schools also talking about cheaters, and frankly, if this were only a problem in unpopular schools that otherwise wouldn't be fully enrolled, we wouldn't even be having this discussion on DCUM.  It's only because schools that are very sought-after and have zero-to-no new spots for kids because of siblings and insane waiting lists that, for those that don't live in DC, anyone cares to report them.  I am all for reporting any cheaters (popular school or not), but it is silly to propose it only happens in crappy schools.  The nature of the beast is that it isn't even taken seriously unless people with means are offended.  And people with means ARE offended, because that is one less spot for their kid in a popular school.[/quote]

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