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Anonymous wrote:I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

That will not work for someone who rent a room in a house zone for McLean so that their kids can attend McLean HS.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS schools do residency checks each year. We send letters to our families that need to be returned. If the letters “bounce” or are not returned, we know there is something fishy.

Many parents who do this are gaming the system. They own property (a cheap condo or something) in the boundary of the school they want and rent it out. When investigated, they are easily able to produce a mortgage statement. Following up on each of these requires detective work (i.e. following a family home each day) and effectively ruins the relationship with a school and the family. It would need to be an external group with a lot of time and funding.

Anonymous wrote:I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district[b]? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

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Anonymous wrote:This post stinks of "tell on your neighbor". Yes, everybody should be following rules and proper procedures, but it is up to the county to verify. Soon we'll have parents stalking children home with the way these threads go.

Welcome to the rat race that is Fairfax. Found a good piano teacher? Don't share that info it could take away from your kid! The new neighbors have Maryland plates? Some nosy neighbor will be reporting them to the county within 6 months. You planted a fruit tree in your backyard? The HOA president's b**** wife will use it against you in the future.

If the county is unwilling to verify residency for schools it's time to start raising awareness at the grassroots level. This has a real impact on those of us who have been doing the right thing and are about to be wronged by our local government that has an alternative agenda.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

You already have to do that when you register at a school. I guess this would catch people who move out of a school district.

Anonymous wrote:I agree this should be done annually. It should be a part of the standard forms we have to fill out each year. Send a current utility bill dated within the last 60 days. Or a copy of the personal property tax due in October which asks you to verify that your vehicle is still at your address. We are zoned for a high ranked school and residency fraud has historically been a big problem.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

You already have to do that when you register at a school. I guess this would catch people who move out of a school district.

But you only have to do it once. At a minimum, FCPS should recheck residency with each school move (into middle school, into high school).

Anonymous wrote:Reid's recent letter said that FCPS is going to do a district wide residency check of all high school sports at all FCPS high schools.

Yet, Reid and the school board refuse to do a single residency check prior to rezoning every high school in FCPS, even though many of the Gatehouse projected enrollment numbers are suspect.

How many FCPS high school students participate in "all" sports in "all" schools? Half? A third?

It must be a high percentage of high school students.

Can we parents demand that FCPS does a full residency check of all high school students, not just the sports programs? This should be done immediately, prior to any rezoning.

The residency check should not be limited to sports participation.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "surprising" how many cars with Maryland plates are dropping kids off in the morning at some FCPS. I venture to say, not all these people with Maryland registered cars are simply avoiding paying a car tax.

I’ve seen MD plates dropping kids off at the bus stop as well.

I support residency checks, but they should be done In conjunction with the boundary review. One can walk and chew gum at the same time.

What does a residency check entail? Actually sending someone to knock on doors and demand to see the kid's bedroom and toothbrush? For EVERY single student in FCPS?

There are plenty of schools in the US what do residency checks. I'm sure we could figure out some tactics for doing that from them. Such as, bringing a valid lease and utilities statement to the school before the start of the school year to prove that you live in district? I would 100 percent support this before we get any further along in this boundary process. After the Hayfield disaster, it's the least FCPS should be doing.

You already have to do that when you register at a school. I guess this would catch people who move out of a school district.

Anonymous wrote:This post stinks of "tell on your neighbor". Yes, everybody should be following rules and proper procedures, but it is up to the county to verify. Soon we'll have parents stalking children home with the way these threads go.