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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean really, a false-claims act suit against a DC bus attendant who moved to MD?  I get why these have to be done, but yeah ... harsh.  I wish there were a better way.  At a minimum, it seems really harsh to employ people in DC who can't afford to live here.  [/quote]

Come on, people are stealing 10s-100s of thousands of DC tax dollars for convenience and to game the system. I don't care what your income is- MD has the same services. It's not like they would go without.[/quote]
It's not for convenience. Some parents are desperately trying to break the cycle of poverty and offer their kids a fighting chance.

When I first moved to the DMV the only place that I could afford was in PG County. When my child was ready for kindergarten, the local school options were horrific. Like 2+2=hot dog kinds of horrific. I began looking at charter and specialty schools, but they were only a notch above the other schools. I considered private, but got scared by the costs (before I knew that we would be eligible for FA), so we entered the DC lottery (with our real address and being completely transparent). We were admitted to a DC school and I began to inquire what I would need to do to pay the required tuition for out of state students. No. One. Knew. Not one staff member knew what to do. Because I didn't want to break the rules I ended up red-shirting my kid (August bday) and then I started talking to privates who helped me better understand that despite being well above the poverty level (although still poor in the DMV), I would still qualify for some financial aid. I pay what I would have paid if I was able to pay for the DC public school, but most people can't afford that.

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Sorry, but that is a BS excuse. PG schools are no worse than the DC ones in this lawsuit. The difference is that DC offers free child care. Which we, DC residents, pay for, through taxes. It's expensive and not a social service for MD residents. [/quote]
My life and the educational future of my kid is not a "BS excuse". I'm not sure which schools are listed in the lawsuit, but our options were schools that ranked #836 out of the 853 public elementary schools in the state of Maryland. It's my responsibility to give my child a fighting chance and while definitely ethically questionable, it's more like a case of a man with no money who steals bread to feed his family.[/quote]

Are you sure that the *only* place you could afford to live was a place with horrible schools?  Or was it that you didn't plan ahead adequately re: schools before you moved there?[/quote]

DP. It's cute that you think everyone can "plan ahead adequately" about the schools where they can afford to live.  [/quote]

So do we just open the borders then? If people like you think it's fine to educate MD kids on DC's dime, make it policy so that they don't have to cheat and lie! I think it's terrible that children see parents cheating and lying and are party to it. [/quote]

This is the real question, and I would love to hear the response.  Apparently, people think it's fine foe DC to pay to educate MD children.  Is that right?  [/quote]

Sure, we could get some reimbursement from MD.  I hear a lot about how "school choice" is going to save us all, so not sure why DC an MD can't work that one out, as opposed to suing moms on welfare for treble damages for the sin of trying to send their kids to school.  [/quote]

If you think about this for more than 30 seconds, you'll see how unworkable it is, and how it's not a solution to this situation.

But, more to the point - do you think the bus aid, since you are so fixated on her, should be allowed to keep her kid in a DC school?  Should Maryland be forced to pay for it?  What if PG county says no?  And should she be permitted to keep her job?  [/quote]

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