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District of Columbia public and charter elementary schools have more students attending classes than the federal city’s entire population of such school-aged kids, indicating a fraud rate of at least 11 percent.

Mathematically, that is the minimum portion of elementary schoolers who must be non-D.C. residents, but whose parents are freeloading off taxpayers to take advantage of the District of Columbia Public Schools’ extended hours, after-school care and proximity to employers.

The District’s public and taxpayer-funded charter schools had 36,785 students in kindergarten through 5th grade in 2014 — slightly more than the city’s population aged five to 10, which was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau at 36,770.

The gap of 15 students could be explained by the Census estimate’s margin of error or through special cases — except for the fact not every child in D.C. attends its public schools is considered. Children from wealthy D.C. families often go to private schools, for example.

The Census Bureau estimated that 4,139 children aged five to nine were in private schools in 2014 — meaning that in those six grades alone, the public school system had 4,154 more students enrolled than the total population of those that age.

The discrepancy is understated by those figures because they don’t include the District’s home-schooled students, or 10-year-olds in private school, since the Census Bureau’s private school estimate doesn’t break out that age group.

The figures conjure the old jokes about voter fraud in which a candidate receives more than 100 percent of the vote.

They indicate that more than 11 percent of the K-5 population likely is from out of state. The school system spends $30,000 per kid annually, meaning those 4,154 cheaters alone cost $125 million per year. D.C. offers fifteen years of education, so if the fraud rate is similar in other grades, the cost would be a third of a billion dollars per year.

OMG what a joke!! First of all, the Census is well known to under count children. Second of all, the Census has a *margin of error.* Keep on hack hacking away guys.

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Anonymous wrote:I've become convinced that too many people from Ward 9 are employed in DC. They're quite literally part of the problem: they either personally participate in it or have family members who do. When they're called upon from their positions of authority to act, they chose to be corrupt instead.

DC operates more like Chad or Chicago than it does like Berkely or Park City. You can't be a great place with such a culture of low expectations.

I've become convinced that too many political science majors who think they have some understanding of human nature, despite their bpd, xenophobia,and deep-seated emotional problems are employed by too many "policy" type non profits in DC. It gives them an insufferable degree of entitlement, and a smug sense of their own self-worth, the kind of self worth forged from team soccer, football, and a lot of corporate seminars. And maybe yoga. In most other parts of this country, they'd either be "investment" advisors, real estate sales people, or Primerica rrepresentatives; but they live here, and so they come here, and so they whine--on and on, like sad little sheep. Waahhhh. Waahhhh. Ward nine! See the joke I made? Waaaahh. Waaaahh..

Pathetic.

Shorter PP: low expectations are the key to happiness. Welcome to DC and Waahh Wahh Wahhrd 9.

Welcome to Barryville, the DC version of Brazzaville.

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Anonymous wrote:I've become convinced that too many people from Ward 9 are employed in DC. They're quite literally part of the problem: they either personally participate in it or have family members who do. When they're called upon from their positions of authority to act, they chose to be corrupt instead.

DC operates more like Chad or Chicago than it does like Berkely or Park City. You can't be a great place with such a culture of low expectations.

I've become convinced that too many political science majors who think they have some understanding of human nature, despite their bpd, xenophobia,and deep-seated emotional problems are employed by too many "policy" type non profits in DC. It gives them an insufferable degree of entitlement, and a smug sense of their own self-worth, the kind of self worth forged from team soccer, football, and a lot of corporate seminars. And maybe yoga. In most other parts of this country, they'd either be "investment" advisors, real estate sales people, or Primerica rrepresentatives; but they live here, and so they come here, and so they whine--on and on, like sad little sheep. Waahhhh. Waahhhh. Ward nine! See the joke I made? Waaaahh. Waaaahh..

Pathetic.

Shorter PP: low expectations are the key to happiness. Welcome to DC and Waahh Wahh Wahhrd 9.

Anonymous wrote:Latest installment: [url]http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/15/fraud-alert-dc-schools-have-more-students-than-school-aged-kids-living-in-the-district/
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District of Columbia public and charter elementary schools have more students attending classes than the federal city’s entire population of such school-aged kids, indicating a fraud rate of at least 11 percent.

Mathematically, that is the minimum portion of elementary schoolers who must be non-D.C. residents, but whose parents are freeloading off taxpayers to take advantage of the District of Columbia Public Schools’ extended hours, after-school care and proximity to employers.

The District’s public and taxpayer-funded charter schools had 36,785 students in kindergarten through 5th grade in 2014 — slightly more than the city’s population aged five to 10, which was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau at 36,770.

The gap of 15 students could be explained by the Census estimate’s margin of error or through special cases — except for the fact not every child in D.C. attends its public schools is considered. Children from wealthy D.C. families often go to private schools, for example.

The Census Bureau estimated that 4,139 children aged five to nine were in private schools in 2014 — meaning that in those six grades alone, the public school system had 4,154 more students enrolled than the total population of those that age.

The discrepancy is understated by those figures because they don’t include the District’s home-schooled students, or 10-year-olds in private school, since the Census Bureau’s private school estimate doesn’t break out that age group.

The figures conjure the old jokes about voter fraud in which a candidate receives more than 100 percent of the vote.

They indicate that more than 11 percent of the K-5 population likely is from out of state. The school system spends $30,000 per kid annually, meaning those 4,154 cheaters alone cost $125 million per year. D.C. offers fifteen years of education, so if the fraud rate is similar in other grades, the cost would be a third of a billion dollars per year.

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Anonymous wrote:I've become convinced that too many people from Ward 9 are employed in DC. They're quite literally part of the problem: they either personally participate in it or have family members who do. When they're called upon from their positions of authority to act, they chose to be corrupt instead.

DC operates more like Chad or Chicago than it does like Berkely or Park City. You can't be a great place with such a culture of low expectations.

I've become convinced that too many political science majors who think they have some understanding of human nature, despite their bpd, xenophobia,and deep-seated emotional problems are employed by too many "policy" type non profits in DC. It gives them an insufferable degree of entitlement, and a smug sense of their own self-worth, the kind of self worth forged from team soccer, football, and a lot of corporate seminars. And maybe yoga. In most other parts of this country, they'd either be "investment" advisors, real estate sales people, or Primerica rrepresentatives; but they live here, and so they come here, and so they whine--on and on, like sad little sheep. Waahhhh. Waahhhh. Ward nine! See the joke I made? Waaaahh. Waaaahh..

Pathetic.

Shorter PP: low expectations are the key to happiness. Welcome to DC and Waahh Wahh Wahhrd 9.

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Anonymous wrote:I've become convinced that too many people from Ward 9 are employed in DC. They're quite literally part of the problem: they either personally participate in it or have family members who do. When they're called upon from their positions of authority to act, they chose to be corrupt instead.

DC operates more like Chad or Chicago than it does like Berkely or Park City. You can't be a great place with such a culture of low expectations.

I've become convinced that too many political science majors who think they have some understanding of human nature, despite their bpd, xenophobia,and deep-seated emotional problems are employed by too many "policy" type non profits in DC. It gives them an insufferable degree of entitlement, and a smug sense of their own self-worth, the kind of self worth forged from team soccer, football, and a lot of corporate seminars. And maybe yoga. In most other parts of this country, they'd either be "investment" advisors, real estate sales people, or Primerica rrepresentatives; but they live here, and so they come here, and so they whine--on and on, like sad little sheep. Waahhhh. Waahhhh. Ward nine! See the joke I made? Waaaahh. Waaaahh..

Pathetic.

Anonymous wrote:I've become convinced that too many people from Ward 9 are employed in DC. They're quite literally part of the problem: they either personally participate in it or have family members who do. When they're called upon from their positions of authority to act, they chose to be corrupt instead.

DC operates more like Chad or Chicago than it does like Berkely or Park City. You can't be a great place with such a culture of low expectations.

Anonymous wrote:I've become convinced that too many people from Ward 9 are employed in DC. They're quite literally part of the problem: they either personally participate in it or have family members who do. When they're called upon from their positions of authority to act, they chose to be corrupt instead.

DC operates more like Chad or Chicago than it does like Berkely or Park City. You can't be a great place with such a culture of low expectations.

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Anonymous wrote:This is some pretty good popcorn-munching for those of us in gentrifying neighborhoods who got into the highly-regarded charters.

I wish you all well, but I'm glad I'm not in your shoes (30 kids per class in Janney or #1000 on the WL at YuYing/LAMB).

Well, it's really much ado about nothing w/r/t the Hill. It's just a matter of making do until you get your seat as-of-right in K at any of the many very solid schools here (Maury, Brent, L-T, Van Ness, JO Wilson ... even Payne is getting increasingly stronger reviews.) We're good! But I'm still jealous of you, don't worry!

I got into an extremely coveted HRCS and live inbounds for one of the coveted Hill schools. I think this affects me as much as anyone else. Just because we got lucky doesn't mean it's ok for others to cheat the system and take spots for those DC residents who need them.

It's also really gross that you think "well I'm set, fuck everyone else. You disgust me.

Well arguably it's just as disgusting to crow about your "luck" and leave everyone else unlucky in the dust ... what good is my much-vaunted residency if a lottery decides my child's fate? Also ironic that you somehow thing the residency crusader's ultimate ethos is something other than rank individualism ...

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to today's post "Wait-listed parents fight back"? This was one article I was looking forward to reading.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/13/local-parents-shut-out-of-dc-schools-by-illegal-out-of-state-enrollment-can-sue/

So much for my mandamus theory. haha

you want a writ of mandamus to force your school of choice to enroll your child ... ?

No. I saw some article of a Cali man trying the writ to force the school to enforce its regulations.

Right. So you are aware that we are in DC, under DC law, not California, under California law?

Yes...just a brainstorm for a test case.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to today's post "Wait-listed parents fight back"? This was one article I was looking forward to reading.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/13/local-parents-shut-out-of-dc-schools-by-illegal-out-of-state-enrollment-can-sue/

So much for my mandamus theory. haha

you want a writ of mandamus to force your school of choice to enroll your child ... ?

No. I saw some article of a Cali man trying the writ to force the school to enforce its regulations.

Right. So you are aware that we are in DC, under DC law, not California, under California law?