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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed -- the Caller's reporters found data on cheating that every informed person should know, for example:

"Ellington has 525 students and 40 — nearly a tenth of the school — disclose they live in Maryland. Those students’ families owed a total of $463,200 in tuition, but local officials collected only $163,249, or 35 percent."

This is simply flat-out stealing.[/quote]

And remember... this 10% reflects the number of students who actually disclose that they live in Maryland and (at least in theory) have the obligation to pay tuition.  Now contemplate the other Maryland students whose parents choose to fly below the radar, pretend that they are DC residents and engage in residency fraud.  It's mind boggling.  And this is at one school -- one whose renovation costs have ballooned from $78 million to $200 million and climbing for just over 500 students.  [/quote]

That 10 percent is admitted after an audition process.  I'm as annoyed about fraud as the next person, but targeting the 10 percent of DE students who pay tuition, and are NOT committing fraud doesn't strengthen your case.  Yes, there was a problem with tuition collection a decade ago.  There isn't now. [/quote]

Did you not read the article.  It said that many of the 10 percent non-residents are NOT paying tuition.  [/quote]

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