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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not creepy if your school is clogged every morning with Maryland tags.  Like Mine is.  The parents run in (if they don't just make their kid run in, so you never actually see them) and if you DO see the parents, they don't talk to you or anyone and beyond that you never see them at school events.  Then you see the same iffy scenario happening again in Pre-K, and you have friends who actually live in the neighborhood who were waitlisted.  I don't think it's creepy at all to be concerned about this situation.  Why do YOU think it's creepy that other people are creeped out by such dodgy behavior?[/quote]

Still wondering what prompted you to research one particular child.

As someone in a dual-income household struggling to figure out childcare around school and work schedules, I'm realizing how some of the solutions we've come up with could invite a malcontent busybody to start tracking my 4-year-old.  It's not easy finding someone who has time and a car that we can trust to do pick up and drop off.  Almost all our babysitters and nearby family live - guess where? - outside of DC.

I'm definitely not in your school, though.  This kind of thing is just one of many that make that part of town really unappealing.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but I just can't see your perspective; although I sympathize with how much work it is to raise kids, as I have them myself.  Try putting yourself into the other person's shoes instead of imposing the worst kind of motives on them:  you (the other person) live in a neighborhood with a  highly-sought-after neighborhood school; you recognize almost every kid who lives in your neighborhood due to parks, supermarkets, community events, ect., throughout the year in your neighborhood; yet you see a ton of MD plates letting off kids in the morning once school starts, and the parents of those kids from the MD car are nowhere to be seen (I added that last part, due to my personal experience).  Wouldn't you be just a bit annoyed with that?  Regardless, I'll say this:  if you are sending your kid across town to a Ward 3 school (for example), making yourself part of the community, saying "hi," and appearing at school events is a normal way to make everyone at the school see you as a friend, and for them appreciate your membership in the group.  Do that, and no one's going to be scrutinizing your Maryland plates, if you or a caregiver has them.[/quote]

NP.  Stalking people's cars at pick up is not the way to build a school community.  Perhaps the reason why you don't see the mom whose nanny has MD plates is because she's working long hours.  Perhaps the reason why the grandparents with DC plates are dropping of and picking up so often is that there's some health problem in the family preventing mom or dad from being there to do so.  Perhaps the reason why this family goes to different parks and supermarkets is because they live in a different area of DC, and their child is placed at your school due to a disability that they'd prefer to keep private.

You don't get to judge a family for being "nowhere to be seen", or for not saying "hi".  If you happen to know, for a legitimate reason, that a child lives elsewhere, then report it.  That's what the hotline is for, but parents shouldn't have to worry or be ostracized because they use a caregiver from Maryland.[/quote]

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