Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's time to take this away from OSSE to investigate and hand it off to the feds and the US attorney to investigate and prosecute residency fraud. Some very public indictments for fraud and theft and services and civil suits for past due tuition should have at least some deterrent effect.

Um,. residency fraud is not within the parameters of the feds.

DCPS gets a ton of federal aid. Theft of services is basically misappropriating federal grant money intended for DC students, so yeah, it could be a subject of federal investigation. And, of course, the US Attorney is the local prosecutor with jurisdiction to enforce DC laws as well as federal ones. The point is, investigations need to be handed over to an aggressive investigator and enforcer, not the lackadaisical DC agency in charge of it now.

So does every public school system in the USA. Do you want the DOE to now begin investigating residency fraud throughout the country and forwarding to DOJ for prosecution. Really!!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Any of you who insist that our country should have open borders better not be the same people who are complaining about PG County residents illegally taking their kids to DC schools for a better education.

I like you PP!

What are you 2 blabbing about? Visa waiver programs for certain countries or illegal immigrants? Illegals pay taxes. Been illegal twice, paid taxes both times. So did and do all illegals with whom I work. However, I do know several Americans who don't. They just get by somehow and it's ok because they are citizens. They both were able to send their kids to best DCPS without paying a dime in about 15 years. They still don't work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's time to take this away from OSSE to investigate and hand it off to the feds and the US attorney to investigate and prosecute residency fraud. Some very public indictments for fraud and theft and services and civil suits for past due tuition should have at least some deterrent effect.

Um,. residency fraud is not within the parameters of the feds.

All crime in DC is handled by the "feds" in the sense that local DC prosecutors *are* AUSAs (i.e., federal employees).

All crime in DC is not handled by the feds. The feds handle most of the felony cases, but the DC OAG handles misdemeanors and a small number of certain felonies.

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Anonymous wrote:So today's "article" from the DC publishes a child's face from a parent's facebook page.

That seems a bit over the line.

It is, but it appears that they got it from social media, correct? So the parents already put their images for the web to use or misuse. I am sure all you need to do is a google image search for the name and you would stumble across the same images.

Agreed, but I do many media requests in my line work. I am always (and I mean always) asked if they can use my picture. This includes substandard blogs and other organizations.

Good point in terms of ethical journalism. Maybe even copyright issues with the image? http://smallbusiness.chron.com/need-someones-permission-pictures-facebook-66026.html

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/need-someones-permission-pictures-facebook-66026.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So today's "article" from the DC publishes a child's face from a parent's facebook page.

That seems a bit over the line.

It is, but it appears that they got it from social media, correct? So the parents already put their images for the web to use or misuse. I am sure all you need to do is a google image search for the name and you would stumble across the same images.

Agreed, but I do many media requests in my line work. I am always (and I mean always) asked if they can use my picture. This includes substandard blogs and other organizations.

Anonymous wrote:So today's "article" from the DC publishes a child's face from a parent's facebook page.

That seems a bit over the line.

It is, but it appears that they got it from social media, correct? So the parents already put their images for the web to use or misuse. I am sure all you need to do is a google image search for the name and you would stumble across the same images.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. this is all about right wingers creating a new "welfare mom" for their racist pleasure. But more importantly it is a slam on DC for using "taxpayer dollars" as a way for Congress to sadistically stick it to DC for being a democratic stronghold and black-run (see also: refusal to fund Metro). With the ultimate purpose of fighting DC statehood and the additional Ds it would bring to the House and Senate.

You're running off the rails here (no pun intended). Metrorail was built to accommodate the needs of commuter post- white flight. Metrorail wasn't designed for efficient urban transport.

you don't get how politics work. metro is perceived by Congressional mouth-breathers as a way to bash DC and by proxy democrats and african american (predominately democratic) interest groups.

So today's "article" from the DC publishes a child's face from a parent's facebook page.

That seems a bit over the line.

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Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is a huge problem in DC schools, and anyone who says otherwise has his head in the sand. It's a shame that the race-baiting Daily Caller is the outlet that decided to take this on. I am all in favor of cracking down on cheaters, but these articles are really gross.

+1

We can't really know if the articles are in fact racist or if the slant of the articles is racist. Demographic statistics would very likely show trends of non-white families doing this more often. White families in this area have higher incomes and more mobility - again stats support this - so they are not going to be eager to cheat to get into a low performing public or charter school nor are they likely to move to PG county. It's a valid point that if a neighborhood school with boundaries that have almost all white neighborhoods has virtually no white students, something is amiss.

In a way, I can't say I fault the parents. They took advantage of a loophole and lots of people everyday do that. It started because a couple people got away with it and then they told their friends and family that oversight was lax and yes it was a rule but nobody enforced it and they are right. It's not logical to expect the parents to care more about the rules than DCPS. If DCPS says, hey this rule doesn't matter and we don't care about it, then the parents aren't going to either.

Residency fraud is hardly a "loophole." A loophole is an unusual provision or trick in the law, which may be ethically questionable but nonetheless is legal. Fraud is fraud, and theft is theft. It's a crime. The fact that certain staff and principals may turn a blind eye and that OSSE is inept in enforcement doesn't make it a loophole and certainly doesn't make it legal.

Anonymous wrote:Any of you who insist that our country should have open borders better not be the same people who are complaining about PG County residents illegally taking their kids to DC schools for a better education.

I like you PP!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Residency fraud is a huge problem in DC schools, and anyone who says otherwise has his head in the sand. It's a shame that the race-baiting Daily Caller is the outlet that decided to take this on. I am all in favor of cracking down on cheaters, but these articles are really gross.

+1

We can't really know if the articles are in fact racist or if the slant of the articles is racist. Demographic statistics would very likely show trends of non-white families doing this more often. White families in this area have higher incomes and more mobility - again stats support this - so they are not going to be eager to cheat to get into a low performing public or charter school nor are they likely to move to PG county. It's a valid point that if a neighborhood school with boundaries that have almost all white neighborhoods has virtually no white students, something is amiss.

In a way, I can't say I fault the parents. They took advantage of a loophole and lots of people everyday do that. It started because a couple people got away with it and then they told their friends and family that oversight was lax and yes it was a rule but nobody enforced it and they are right. It's not logical to expect the parents to care more about the rules than DCPS. If DCPS says, hey this rule doesn't matter and we don't care about it, then the parents aren't going to either.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the answer is simply to charge for before/aftercare except for documented FARMS families.

I believe this is happening next year. We are going from a "free" aftercare (pre-paid, I pay taxes folks), to a nominal daily fee.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the answer is simply to charge for before/aftercare except for documented FARMS families.

Yes, because childcare in DC is already so cheap that we should definitely charge actual DC families more money. My DD has an October birthday and my DH and I both WOH FT, so we essentially spent $120,000 on childcare for the 4 years leading up to PK.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the answer is simply to charge for before/aftercare except for documented FARMS families.

Or charge every family $5,000 that they will get back in the form of a tax refund.

Haha

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the answer is simply to charge for before/aftercare except for documented FARMS families.

Or charge every family $5,000 that they will get back in the form of a tax refund.