Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:44
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
The audit referenced in this thread was for residency fraud, which is an OSSE responsibility.
There have been no boundary fraud investigations. DCPS could run one if it chose to.
There have been no boundary fraud investigations. DCPS could run one if it chose to.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:41
Subject: Re:Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please report suspected cheaters to OSSE OP -
47 DC schools had enough irregularities in their audit last year that a 100% check of all students' paperwork was triggered. Appletree was NOT on the list, but plenty of other schools, including some that DCUM rave about, were.
See below:
Academy of Hope Adult PCS
Aiton Elementary School
Anacostia High School
Benjamin Banneker High School
Breakthrough Montessori PCS
Brent Elementary School
C.W. Harris Elementary School
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside Middle School
Columbia Heights Education Campus
DC Bilingual PCS
Democracy Prep Congress Heights PCS
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Excel Academy PCS
Friendship PCS - Woodridge Middle School
Garrison Elementary School
Goodwill Excel Center PCS
H.D. Cooke Elementary School
H.D. Woodson High School
Houston Elementary School
IDEA PCS
Ideal Academy PCS
Ketcham Elementary School
King Elementary School
Kingsman Academy PCS
Langdon Elementary School
LAYC Career Academy PCS
Lee Montessori PCS
Malcolm X Elementary School @ Green
Mann Elementary School
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS
Miner Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School
Randle Highlands Elementary School
Rocketship DC PCS - Rise Academy
Roosevelt High School
School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens
Seaton Elementary School
SEED PCS of Washington DC
Shepherd Elementary School
Takoma Education Campus
The Children's Guild PCS
Walker-Jones Education Campus
Washington Mathematics Science Technology PCHS
Wheatley Education Campus
Whittier Education Campus
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/service_content/attachments/2017-18%20Schools%20with%20Full%20Reviews.pdf
I’m a Shepherd parent and live in the neighborhood. It is an open secret at neighborhood parties that people use grandparents’ address in SP. There is a deep sense of entitlement to attend the school. I haven’t met anyone who I know is breaking the residency requirements but wouldn’t hesitate to report them.
This audit focused on actual residency fraud, right? Because I think that boundary fraud it’s actually much higher (although perhaps a lower priority).
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:38
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is a huge issue in MCPS also. It’s tough to enforce and there is not enough staff to do so anyway.
Still the Wapo article says there's a lot more staff dedicated to residency fraud there.
In neighboring Montgomery County, Md., where the public school system has almost twice as many students as the District, a spokesman said 52 employees spend at least part of their time on residency investigations. Last fiscal year, the system investigated 225 residency claims and found 135 of those families lived outside the county.
In Virginia’s Fairfax County, the school district’s central office employs 15 attendance officers whose duties include investigating residency fraud. A spokesman said fewer than 100 students were found to be living outside Fairfax County each year for the past eight years.
The District currently has a single investigator responsible for all residency fraud cases.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:37
Subject: Re:Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please report suspected cheaters to OSSE OP -
47 DC schools had enough irregularities in their audit last year that a 100% check of all students' paperwork was triggered. Appletree was NOT on the list, but plenty of other schools, including some that DCUM rave about, were.
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/service_content/attachments/2017-18%20Schools%20with%20Full%20Reviews.pdf
I’m a Shepherd parent and live in the neighborhood. It is an open secret at neighborhood parties that people use grandparents’ address in SP. There is a deep sense of entitlement to attend the school. I haven’t met anyone who I know is breaking the residency requirements but wouldn’t hesitate to report them.
Shepherd had a high number of people accused of residency fraud in last year's audit report. It also had 5 seats available each for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade in the lottery's first round this year.
Perhaps there is a connection.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:31
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I've said this before and I'll say it again, the problem is not the paper work. Parents are turning in the paper work that shows they are residents when they aren't. The problem is how easy it is to fool the system
+1
I'm hoping that they start to do more to cross-check information with other governments offices--the address you give for your school enrollment application should match the address on your tax returns, your driver's license, the address that the local benefits office has on file for you, etc. A discrepancy = an automatic audit. If there's a good reason why things don't match up--fine. If not, you're out.
They need to cross-check and also require a home visit at the home!
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:30
Subject: Re:Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:Please report suspected cheaters to OSSE OP -
47 DC schools had enough irregularities in their audit last year that a 100% check of all students' paperwork was triggered. Appletree was NOT on the list, but plenty of other schools, including some that DCUM rave about, were.
See below:
Academy of Hope Adult PCS
Aiton Elementary School
Anacostia High School
Benjamin Banneker High School
Breakthrough Montessori PCS
Brent Elementary School
C.W. Harris Elementary School
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside Middle School
Columbia Heights Education Campus
DC Bilingual PCS
Democracy Prep Congress Heights PCS
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Excel Academy PCS
Friendship PCS - Woodridge Middle School
Garrison Elementary School
Goodwill Excel Center PCS
H.D. Cooke Elementary School
H.D. Woodson High School
Houston Elementary School
IDEA PCS
Ideal Academy PCS
Ketcham Elementary School
King Elementary School
Kingsman Academy PCS
Langdon Elementary School
LAYC Career Academy PCS
Lee Montessori PCS
Malcolm X Elementary School @ Green
Mann Elementary School
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS
Miner Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School
Randle Highlands Elementary School
Rocketship DC PCS - Rise Academy
Roosevelt High School
School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens
Seaton Elementary School
SEED PCS of Washington DC
Shepherd Elementary School
Takoma Education Campus
The Children's Guild PCS
Walker-Jones Education Campus
Washington Mathematics Science Technology PCHS
Wheatley Education Campus
Whittier Education Campus
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/service_content/attachments/2017-18%20Schools%20with%20Full%20Reviews.pdf
I’m a Shepherd parent and live in the neighborhood. It is an open secret at neighborhood parties that people use grandparents’ address in SP. There is a deep sense of entitlement to attend the school. I haven’t met anyone who I know is breaking the residency requirements but wouldn’t hesitate to report them.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:21
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:I've said this before and I'll say it again, the problem is not the paper work. Parents are turning in the paper work that shows they are residents when they aren't. The problem is how easy it is to fool the system
+1
I'm hoping that they start to do more to cross-check information with other governments offices--the address you give for your school enrollment application should match the address on your tax returns, your driver's license, the address that the local benefits office has on file for you, etc. A discrepancy = an automatic audit. If there's a good reason why things don't match up--fine. If not, you're out.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:15
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:I've said this before and I'll say it again, the problem is not the paper work. Parents are turning in the paper work that shows they are residents when they aren't. The problem is how easy it is to fool the system
Here are the 49 schools where the deeper dive surfaced alleged non-residents - besides Ellington. Note some are special education schools outside the district where DC is paying the tuition because they can't support the child here adequately.
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/service_content/attachments/2017-18%20Schools%20with%20Non%20Resident%20Findings.pdf
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:10
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
I've said this before and I'll say it again, the problem is not the paper work. Parents are turning in the paper work that shows they are residents when they aren't. The problem is how easy it is to fool the system
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:08
Subject: Re:Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Please report suspected cheaters to OSSE OP -
47 DC schools had enough irregularities in their audit last year that a 100% check of all students' paperwork was triggered. Appletree was NOT on the list, but plenty of other schools, including some that DCUM rave about, were.
See below:
Academy of Hope Adult PCS
Aiton Elementary School
Anacostia High School
Benjamin Banneker High School
Breakthrough Montessori PCS
Brent Elementary School
C.W. Harris Elementary School
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside Middle School
Columbia Heights Education Campus
DC Bilingual PCS
Democracy Prep Congress Heights PCS
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Excel Academy PCS
Friendship PCS - Woodridge Middle School
Garrison Elementary School
Goodwill Excel Center PCS
H.D. Cooke Elementary School
H.D. Woodson High School
Houston Elementary School
IDEA PCS
Ideal Academy PCS
Ketcham Elementary School
King Elementary School
Kingsman Academy PCS
Langdon Elementary School
LAYC Career Academy PCS
Lee Montessori PCS
Malcolm X Elementary School @ Green
Mann Elementary School
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS
Miner Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School
Randle Highlands Elementary School
Rocketship DC PCS - Rise Academy
Roosevelt High School
School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens
Seaton Elementary School
SEED PCS of Washington DC
Shepherd Elementary School
Takoma Education Campus
The Children's Guild PCS
Walker-Jones Education Campus
Washington Mathematics Science Technology PCHS
Wheatley Education Campus
Whittier Education Campus
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/service_content/attachments/2017-18%20Schools%20with%20Full%20Reviews.pdf
47 DC schools had enough irregularities in their audit last year that a 100% check of all students' paperwork was triggered. Appletree was NOT on the list, but plenty of other schools, including some that DCUM rave about, were.
See below:
Academy of Hope Adult PCS
Aiton Elementary School
Anacostia High School
Benjamin Banneker High School
Breakthrough Montessori PCS
Brent Elementary School
C.W. Harris Elementary School
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside Middle School
Columbia Heights Education Campus
DC Bilingual PCS
Democracy Prep Congress Heights PCS
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Excel Academy PCS
Friendship PCS - Woodridge Middle School
Garrison Elementary School
Goodwill Excel Center PCS
H.D. Cooke Elementary School
H.D. Woodson High School
Houston Elementary School
IDEA PCS
Ideal Academy PCS
Ketcham Elementary School
King Elementary School
Kingsman Academy PCS
Langdon Elementary School
LAYC Career Academy PCS
Lee Montessori PCS
Malcolm X Elementary School @ Green
Mann Elementary School
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS
Miner Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School
Randle Highlands Elementary School
Rocketship DC PCS - Rise Academy
Roosevelt High School
School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens
Seaton Elementary School
SEED PCS of Washington DC
Shepherd Elementary School
Takoma Education Campus
The Children's Guild PCS
Walker-Jones Education Campus
Washington Mathematics Science Technology PCHS
Wheatley Education Campus
Whittier Education Campus
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/service_content/attachments/2017-18%20Schools%20with%20Full%20Reviews.pdf
Anonymous
08/22/2018 13:07
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
This board sure has changed in the last year. I said this before the Ellington report came out and I was given 1 million excuses why Maryland tags don't mean a thing.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 12:54
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is a huge issue in MCPS also. It’s tough to enforce and there is not enough staff to do so anyway.
If you decide to have more than 2 people ion the organization to enforce, you show you are serious. Clearly DC is not serious. You need a real organization to do this.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 11:54
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Residency fraud is a huge issue in MCPS also. It’s tough to enforce and there is not enough staff to do so anyway.
Anonymous
08/22/2018 10:24
Subject: Re:Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
Same as it ever was.
Put yo' name on a utility bill and present a 'lease' from gramma's studio in ward 8 for your 4 kids at 2 rivers and u Good ta GO baby!
Put yo' name on a utility bill and present a 'lease' from gramma's studio in ward 8 for your 4 kids at 2 rivers and u Good ta GO baby!
Anonymous
08/22/2018 10:06
Subject: Residency Fraud growing at Appletree Institute
All the news about residency fraud at Duke Ellington and other schools in DC seems to have been free advertising to PG county parents, who are now piling into Appletree Institute with PK3 and PK4 children. At dropoff and pickup, the Maryland plates outnumber local taxpaying families by roughly 11 to 1...and that's assuming that all non-motor-vehicle pickup is local.
District suckers aren't the only taxpayers left holding the bag.
These children are ALL deemed 'economically disadvantaged' recipients of free food and subsidized care from federal $$$, those poor kids climbing into Cadillac SUVs from *gasp* last model year..
You might be thinking, well good, if these children are displacing poorer locals, my child will benefit as suburban parents might have taught basic manners or read a book to them before age 3. WRONG
. Welcome to the jungle that is your child's learning environment for his/her seminal years. The seats at better schools are all taken by other suburban kids and you must be content to have your child rot here or consider private options at an additional $13k+ yr.
Surely DC government officials might take some interest in an election year after which the public has seen so many stories of failures at DC's school including residency fraud at the highest levels? Nah..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/stop-enrollment-fraud-dc-school-officials-are-often-the-ones-committing-it/2018/04/16/03b816c0-3ce7-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?utm_term=.83da957a9876
District suckers aren't the only taxpayers left holding the bag.
These children are ALL deemed 'economically disadvantaged' recipients of free food and subsidized care from federal $$$, those poor kids climbing into Cadillac SUVs from *gasp* last model year..
You might be thinking, well good, if these children are displacing poorer locals, my child will benefit as suburban parents might have taught basic manners or read a book to them before age 3. WRONG
. Welcome to the jungle that is your child's learning environment for his/her seminal years. The seats at better schools are all taken by other suburban kids and you must be content to have your child rot here or consider private options at an additional $13k+ yr.
Surely DC government officials might take some interest in an election year after which the public has seen so many stories of failures at DC's school including residency fraud at the highest levels? Nah..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/stop-enrollment-fraud-dc-school-officials-are-often-the-ones-committing-it/2018/04/16/03b816c0-3ce7-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?utm_term=.83da957a9876