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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand all the arguments regarding MD tags and residency - caregivers, not switching etc. Plus I understand that this isn't a Bethune-only issue. BUT the article clearly states that Bethune had 18 cases last year and was the WORST offender in the city. This is cold, hard fact! [/quote]

True enough, but to be fair, that article is from the 2012-2013 school year and there was an audit later in 2013 in which there's no mention of Bethune but is otherwise interesting. http://dcauditor.org/sites/default/files/DCA242013.pdf
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I can't see a single instance/catch in this doc whereby the grandparents "swearing to be the child's guardian" and showing their valid proof of residency, catches the kids that actually live in PG with their parents.  I'm not sure how DC can account for that, because even if they require the child to sit at the desk with Grandpa and "lie" and say they DO live with him, PG fraudsters will coach their kids to do as much.  They need some other sort of verification, but it's sort of amazing how readily and willingly people look the other way when this occurs.  
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I posted the link before. Correct, the audit wasn't about catching individuals but is about the system being broken and the issue being larger than any one school. It's very difficult to investigate residency fraud (especially by an individual school, and even by OSSE or DCPCSB) and very easy to train kids to lie. :( It's maddening, but then parents usually get truly engaged in some other issue that affects their own kids in the classroom everyday and at the DCPS/DCPCSB/OSSE level money goes to a myriad of other priorities over residency fraud private investigators. If PG County schools would improve and offer universal PK, that would help too! ;) [/quote]

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