I'm always amused by this idea that DC residents are a bunch of moochers, subsidized by MD and VA taxpayers.

Look, working-, middle- and upper-class and DC residents have been shouldering the majority of the burden for the *regional* poverty problem--whether it's homeless, poor single-mothers, etc..., etc...--for more than a half-century. Pretty much since the suburbanites fled to the 'burbs, and left the de facto ghetto.

Any time there's a program or initiative to have the various regional municipalities contribute to this regional problem, the weeping and gnashing of teeth is unbearable.

I can't even imagine what it's going to be like in 10 or 20 years, when the demographics of the city continue to trend more affluent, and more and more of the urban poverty is pushed out of the city and into MD and VA.

I'm certain you guys will have the answers to these seemingly intractable problems when the time comes. Best of luck!

Anonymous wrote:I completely agree with pp. We wanted our kid to go to Visitation. But no, all of the suburban girls had to prove how "cool" they were by going to school in "G'town". I thought the Catholics should behave better...guess not...given the priest scandal and lack of women leaders.
DC people don't have a choice with the publics...people in MD and VA have good choices.

My kid was just as smart or smarter than any other kid...at an Ivy now. Every time I see those cars driving into the city schools from MD and VA -- it really irks me.

Are YOU in high school still? Get over it.

I'm sure there are plenty of MC residents who would appreciate that particular perk.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell's lower school is in Bethesda. Does this mean you think Sidwell should give preference to Montgomery County applicants through middle school?

Nice. Good point.

Anonymous wrote:FWIW 11:46 -- get your facts straight. DC residents do not get in-state rates to other states. We DC taxpayers pay for them to get a bit of a cut on the tuition -- up to $10k but they still pay the higher out of state rates and get the $10k subtracted. So, for example, they don't pay the cheapie charlie in-state rate at VA or MD...they pay the higher tab and that is why those schools want the kids...not because they love them...because they know they can tweak them for the higher rate.

We VA and MD taxpayers [plus all jurisdictions] seem to fund the DC $10,000 /year which oddly is available for anyone who is in a family earning less than 1 MILLION per year.

http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/Work/062000.html

So you can live in DC, pay taxes, use a private, then get 10 , 000 per year off college. Or live in MD, use a private and NOT get 10 or 40,000 over 4 years.

Anonymous wrote:I completely agree with pp. We wanted our kid to go to Visitation. But no, all of the suburban girls had to prove how "cool" they were by going to school in "G'town". I thought the Catholics should behave better...guess not...given the priest scandal and lack of women leaders.
DC people don't have a choice with the publics...people in MD and VA have good choices.

My kid was just as smart or smarter than any other kid...at an Ivy now. Every time I see those cars driving into the city schools from MD and VA -- it really irks me.

But your daughter ended up at Holton, right? In Maryland.

S/he is yet another person who thinks DC residents don't get enough handouts.

Right, as you say, but there's no reason for DC to subsidize it. So tax 'em like any other money-making venture. No handouts for either party: DC resident, school, or church.

Heck, the way things are going with DC residents, I wouldn't be surprised if they *did* implement something like proportionate taxation--we're already trying to bleed you Marylanders dry with photo enforcement, zero-tolerance parking policies, pro-congestion DDOT policies (e.g bike lanes), etc... It's a game you're destined to lose as DC demographics trend more wealthy and more inwardly focussed.

So come on in! When you go to drop your kid off, make sure you exceed the speed limit, double-park, and ignore the crosswalk. We need all the money we can get!

Thanks!

FWIW 11:46 -- get your facts straight. DC residents do not get in-state rates to other states. We DC taxpayers pay for them to get a bit of a cut on the tuition -- up to $10k but they still pay the higher out of state rates and get the $10k subtracted. So, for example, they don't pay the cheapie charlie in-state rate at VA or MD...they pay the higher tab and that is why those schools want the kids...not because they love them...because they know they can tweak them for the higher rate.

Hah. I almost think the OP is a comment troll. S/he is yet another person who thinks DC residents don't get enough handouts. DC grads can go to our state schools (throughout the country) at in-state tuition levels. Why do we allow that? They ought to go in-"state" to UDC.

Whiner.

--A MD resident with a kid going to a top-3 next year. Taking up one of your child's spots. Hahahahahahahahaha.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with the PPs that private schools should be able to educate whomever they want. Also think that their DC tax status should be dependent on what percentage of students are DC residents. Zero DC residents? Zero tax-exempt status. 100% DC residents? 100% tax-excemption.

These schools are not running a charity; neither are DC taxpayers.

Preposterous idea.

You appear to have dropped your monocle. Here, let me get it for you.

Anonymous wrote:I completely agree with pp. We wanted our kid to go to Visitation. But no, all of the suburban girls had to prove how "cool" they were by going to school in "G'town". I thought the Catholics should behave better...guess not...given the priest scandal and lack of women leaders.
DC people don't have a choice with the publics...people in MD and VA have good choices.

My kid was just as smart or smarter than any other kid...at an Ivy now. Every time I see those cars driving into the city schools from MD and VA -- it really irks me.

This post sounds so sophomoric. It's one thing to be irked by something; it's another to think someone robbed you of something to which you are entitled!

I completely agree with pp. We wanted our kid to go to Visitation. But no, all of the suburban girls had to prove how "cool" they were by going to school in "G'town". I thought the Catholics should behave better...guess not...given the priest scandal and lack of women leaders.
DC people don't have a choice with the publics...people in MD and VA have good choices.

My kid was just as smart or smarter than any other kid...at an Ivy now. Every time I see those cars driving into the city schools from MD and VA -- it really irks me.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with the PPs that private schools should be able to educate whomever they want. Also think that their DC tax status should be dependent on what percentage of students are DC residents. Zero DC residents? Zero tax-exempt status. 100% DC residents? 100% tax-excemption.

These schools are not running a charity; neither are DC taxpayers.

Preposterous idea.

10:58 That's never going to happen.

it's a dumb idea and would hurt dc residents that want to go to schools like Georgetown Prep, McLean, Landon and Sidwell, Holton, Stone Ridge, St. Stevens

Agree with the PPs that private schools should be able to educate whomever they want. Also think that their DC tax status should be dependent on what percentage of students are DC residents. Zero DC residents? Zero tax-exempt status. 100% DC residents? 100% tax-excemption.

These schools are not running a charity; neither are DC taxpayers.