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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's clear that Susie loses even if she gets a Pk3 / 4 slot for her child, as that child must now attend school outnumbered by those whose families have no integrity nor teach it to their children.

Susie and the relatively small proportion of taxpayers in DC are shouldering [b]$4.5Million ($29.8K/yr X pk3-12) PER ACTUAL BONA FIDE DC resident[/b] student according to the conservative 10-to-1 fraudster rate apparent in almost any dropoff at DC schools.

Perhaps the easiest way to change is an education campaign aimed at would be buyers of the zillion units sold by developers. "This new condo sits on a tax $$$ black hole, don't worry the money will be used inefficiently bring criminals AND traffic into your 'hood." Developers have the biggest political sway in town anyhow, dwarfing patronage job recipients and the school staff, black church & 'poor' organizations that are Pro-fraud.

Those paying 22% on parking, 10% on restaurant meals, and de facto guilty parking tickets are SoL and perhaps the only dimes to come from PG county residents here to plunder.
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You believe that $29.8 x 15 (pk3-12)  is $4.5 million?  You're not that bright - it would actually be $477K, but that's overstated.  The conservative Heritage Foundation estimates about $350K per student overall.  
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/high-public-school-spending-dc-hasnt-produced-desired-outcomes

Black churches are mostly interested in teaching the gospel.  Speaking of which, I'm Jewish, but I have a hard time picturing Jesus lobbying to kick kids out of schools.

Again, the fact that this (real, legitimate issue) has become a racist hobby horse does more to ensure that it will never be dealt with than anything else.  The bottom line issue is that there are a lot of kids in DC who -- due to the luck of where they are born -- go to awful schools in terrible, dangerous neighborhoods.  An approach that focused on targeting resources to help those kids (by excluding people committing fraud for convenience) makes sense.  But, these posters can't bring themselves to even pretend that fraud is their concern long enough to make that argument because the urge to spew racist nonsense is too strong.[/quote]

I agree that the racially charged nature of the debate is part of what perpetuates the fraud and prevents resolution. While I can't speak to boundary fraud, a small group of concerned folks of many races have been taking notes, photos and evidence. The overwhelming number appeared to be African American (all but 1/174 observed dropoffs actually). I strongly encourage you to go to ANY desirable school at dropoff and post any observed divergence.

I don't think many DC taxpayers care what race the fraud perps are as long they aren't allowed to continue.

The $29.8k/yr is an official stat from the last year available, 2015, by National Center for Education Statistics and perhaps don't include all the capital expenditures on shiny new construction. $4.5M is the cost of educating 10 children, which conservatively includes only 9 rather than the OP's 11 fraud perps per DC child. 
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