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[quote=Anonymous]You are rightly pissed off. I can't tell you the number of MD plates drop off kids at EL Haynes everyday as I'm driving by on my way to work. There are so many ways for people to cheat the system[b]. I was told by 3 people that they rented basement apartments in upper NW to get their kids into Murch b/c th[/b]ey were in-bounds and then let the leases go as soon as they were enrolled. Others use their friends' addresses. [/quote]

I believe this; I walk or bike past the playground pickup at Murch 4 days a week, both on 36th and on Ellicott.  It has occurred to me that the Principal(s), feeling the strong tug of his/her bleeding heart liberalism, has used his/her discretion to allow the 6-monthers to stay for 6 years.   The current OOB official percentage on the dcps school profile page doesn't match up to what I see with my own eyes during dog walks and runs past the pickup spots. [/quote]

So you go past the school but never go in or have any other connection to the school?  Do you know any neighborhood families whose children attend the school?  If so, have you asked them about this?  If you did, you might find out that a few kids have divorced parents and sometimes the parent who lives in Maryland picks them up from school, or that their babysitter who lives in Virginia (or their grandmother or great aunt who lives in Maryland) picks them up.  I know kids at this school for whom these things are true.

I am not saying that residency cheaters don't exist at the school.  But your occasional drive-by observations are not strong evidence.  There are plenty of legitimate reasons for non-DC plates at pick up.  It is much more likely that residency cheaters would live in DC in another neighborhood and that is, of course, not going to be obvious because they have DC plates.

You could at least find out if the principal is male or female before casting your uninformed aspersions.[/quote]

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