Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

For starters, google can also show previous addresses and phone numbers. If I google myself, it'll say I live in Germantown, MD with an old house number. I haven't lived there in years. Secondly, it sure is a crazy coincidence that the address they just so happened to randomly pick out of the phone book was the phone that your friend's own. Let's explore further.

1) Are you sure these people aren't renting the house, with your "friends" as landlords?

2) Why did you google the family in the first place? What gave you the initial suspicion?

3) How in hell could this family possibly prove residency at a house that they have NO connection with? It's not like they're using their mom's address or their auntie's address. That makes no sense.

Just report the people! if you're wrong, they'll have been inconvenienced by someone checking them out. I, for one, wouldn't mind if someone checked me out because I'm a bonafide DC resident. If you're right, a deserving DC child will get a space in a sought after school. It's a win-win IMO. People worth a damn are in favor of preserving DC resources for DC people. Let the investigations begin! Only cheaters would be pissed at this.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
Why is anyone defending those who live in Maryland but uses fake addresses to attend DCPS?
I really don't understand.
Could those of you who defended residency fraud in this post, please explain?
I honestly don't understand.

This is not a case of "I see Maryland tags in the carpool line and they must be from Maryland".
This is a case of people fraudulently claiming to live at an address they 100% DO NOT LIVE AT. I would stake my life on this fact. I know with absolute certainty.
(neither parents lives there, no guardian lives there. NO ONE related to the child lives there).

Go report it and move on with your life. What's the point of debating the merits on DCUM?

Good lord. Are we going to stop debate the merits of picayune things on DCUM? It would be a ghost town around here if we moved on with our lives!

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Anonymous wrote:I would just be VERY SURE the student has no ties to your district. A friend of my childs got called on 4-5 times during a semester she was mainly staying with her grandmother because her mother was going through intensive chemo and as a family they all stayed at the childs grandparents house/mothers parents house. They lived in the appropriate district but when people say the grandmas car all the time at pick up with the wrong license plate they would call. I felt so bad for the mother and child because they were really trying to keep things low key and it turned into anything but.

Thank you! We do realize that people do have cars registered in different states, right? People don't always change things over (for their own personal reasons). I know of several DC residents who have MD/VA registered cars, and MD residents who have DC registered cars. We don't know 100% about people's personal lives and I don't think it's up to us to try to figure it out.

Active Duty Military can keep the plates from their home state. My parents had Tennessee Tags for 30 years.

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
Why is anyone defending those who live in Maryland but uses fake addresses to attend DCPS?
I really don't understand.
Could those of you who defended residency fraud in this post, please explain?
I honestly don't understand.

This is not a case of "I see Maryland tags in the carpool line and they must be from Maryland".
This is a case of people fraudulently claiming to live at an address they 100% DO NOT LIVE AT. I would stake my life on this fact. I know with absolute certainty.
(neither parents lives there, no guardian lives there. NO ONE related to the child lives there).

Go report it and move on with your life. What's the point of debating the merits on DCUM?

Dude, if it seems bogus, why not report it? The worst it requires is residency verification, which isn't the end of the world.

OP here.
Why is anyone defending those who live in Maryland but uses fake addresses to attend DCPS?
I really don't understand.
Could those of you who defended residency fraud in this post, please explain?
I honestly don't understand.

This is not a case of "I see Maryland tags in the carpool line and they must be from Maryland".
This is a case of people fraudulently claiming to live at an address they 100% DO NOT LIVE AT. I would stake my life on this fact. I know with absolute certainty.
(neither parents lives there, no guardian lives there. NO ONE related to the child lives there).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, OP! I'm delighted when people report this kind of possible fraud.

Seriously. You need a life.

Me? I have a great life--here in DC with my house in DC and my kids in a great DC charter school.

And I am delighted as well - given how crowded the JKLMs are - they should be for those who are legally supposed to be in - IB or OOB via lottery. Not cheating the system.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks, OP! I'm delighted when people report this kind of possible fraud.

Seriously. You need a life.

Me? I have a great life--here in DC with my house in DC and my kids in a great DC charter school.

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

How are they proving residency at this address?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we know that not just one parent lives in Maryland while the other lives in DC? Stop being a snitch, OP!

Shut up! The only person who needs to stop is you, idiot.

I mean, I made a valid point, though. How do we know that the parent actually lives in DC but has MD registered tags? How do we know that the child actually belongs to a legal guardian who lives in DC? How do we know that these people's permanent address isn't a DC address, but they are temporarily living elsewhere? These are all things that have to be considered before you just go telling on people.

Actually, these are things to be considered during an investigation, not by the person reporting. My kids get picked up by their grandparents with MD tags all the time. If I was investigated, I would prove my DC residency and thank them for their concern. I wouldn't be upset someone told on me, per se, but I would be disappointed that we weren't enough a part of the school community that my kids friends parents wouldn't know us and feel ok asking us.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, OP! I'm delighted when people report this kind of possible fraud.

Seriously. You need a life.

Thanks, OP! I'm delighted when people report this kind of possible fraud.

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I know the PG county (yes, it's PG) address and phone number for this family (via simple google search). I know they don't live in the DC house because I am friends with the people who own the house!
It appears these cheaters picked an address out of the phone book and it worked (so far).
I will keep emailing and calling until this is resolved.
I hate this kind of deception.

Thank you lady from across the street on Bewitched. Glad to hear you're spending your day so productively. Oh, I mean, your life goals are truly admirable.

Anonymous wrote:Report it to OSSE but PLEASE stop posting new threads here. It serves no purpose. If you want to be applauded for your "good deed", go read the 3 gazillion threads that have already been created on this topic. Sheesh!!!!

Read the original post again.