Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Greedy?

Yes - greedy. Assuming that you are in a position to decide who "deserves" to go to Murch. I find most Murch posters to be insufferable. Whining now about their lack of underground parking. Wah wah wah.

And you are assuming, on an anonymous message board, the poster is connected to Murch. You seem to have a personal animus toward this school (wah wah wah is not new on Murch threads). Perhaps you are a sock puppet?

Where do your kids go?

New poster here and just wanted to say that is the CREEPIEST question you can demand on this Board.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Greedy?

Yes - greedy. Assuming that you are in a position to decide who "deserves" to go to Murch. I find most Murch posters to be insufferable. Whining now about their lack of underground parking. Wah wah wah.

And you are assuming, on an anonymous message board, the poster is connected to Murch. You seem to have a personal animus toward this school (wah wah wah is not new on Murch threads). Perhaps you are a sock puppet?

Where do your kids go?

There have been reports of noticeable numbers of Maryland license plate cars with students at Hearst, Stoddert and Eaton in NW, and the observances on Capitol Hill have been much more numerous. So it's not just Murch or driven by "animus" toward Murch. In fact, addressing residency fraud at a very overcrowded school like Murch would benefit everyone at the school (except the cheaters themselves), not to mention the DC taxpayers.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying this makes me think of the dilemma of crimes against convicted criminals in prison. It's certainly right, it's just also far from the highest item on my priority list.

It doesn't have to be number one on your personal priority list, but it needs to be much higher on DC's. Residency fraud is theft, which is worth remembering next time DCPS says that (1) your kid wasn't successful in the lottery because the school is oversubscribed; (2) they have to cut art and music for budget reasons; (3) they don't have the funds to complete the school renovation they've promised for years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Greedy?

Yes - greedy. Assuming that you are in a position to decide who "deserves" to go to Murch. I find most Murch posters to be insufferable. Whining now about their lack of underground parking. Wah wah wah.

And you are assuming, on an anonymous message board, the poster is connected to Murch. You seem to have a personal animus toward this school (wah wah wah is not new on Murch threads). Perhaps you are a sock puppet?

Where do your kids go?

There have been reports of noticeable numbers of Maryland license plate cars with students at Hearst, Stoddert and Eaton in NW, and the observances on Capitol Hill have been much more numerous. So it's not just Murch or driven by "animus" toward Murch. In fact, addressing residency fraud at a very overcrowded school like Murch would benefit everyone at the school (except the cheaters themselves), not to mention the DC taxpayers.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying this makes me think of the dilemma of crimes against convicted criminals in prison. It's certainly right, it's just also far from the highest item on my priority list.

Whoops! It's certainly NOT right, but it's just far from the highest item on my priority list.

Carry on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Greedy?

Yes - greedy. Assuming that you are in a position to decide who "deserves" to go to Murch. I find most Murch posters to be insufferable. Whining now about their lack of underground parking. Wah wah wah.

And you are assuming, on an anonymous message board, the poster is connected to Murch. You seem to have a personal animus toward this school (wah wah wah is not new on Murch threads). Perhaps you are a sock puppet?

Where do your kids go?

There have been reports of noticeable numbers of Maryland license plate cars with students at Hearst, Stoddert and Eaton in NW, and the observances on Capitol Hill have been much more numerous. So it's not just Murch or driven by "animus" toward Murch. In fact, addressing residency fraud at a very overcrowded school like Murch would benefit everyone at the school (except the cheaters themselves), not to mention the DC taxpayers.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying this makes me think of the dilemma of crimes against convicted criminals in prison. It's certainly right, it's just also far from the highest item on my priority list.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Greedy?

Yes - greedy. Assuming that you are in a position to decide who "deserves" to go to Murch. I find most Murch posters to be insufferable. Whining now about their lack of underground parking. Wah wah wah.

And you are assuming, on an anonymous message board, the poster is connected to Murch. You seem to have a personal animus toward this school (wah wah wah is not new on Murch threads). Perhaps you are a sock puppet?

Where do your kids go?

There have been reports of noticeable numbers of Maryland license plate cars with students at Hearst, Stoddert and Eaton in NW, and the observances on Capitol Hill have been much more numerous. So it's not just Murch or driven by "animus" toward Murch. In fact, addressing residency fraud at a very overcrowded school like Murch would benefit everyone at the school (except the cheaters themselves), not to mention the DC taxpayers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our home is located on Virginia Avenue (in DC). Apparently my K DC has said a few times that she lives in Virginia and I got a few subtle questions from parents about our address. I found it peculiar, but didn't raise a flag until another mother whispered to me that there was some concerns about our residence "outside DC". I thought it was bizarre. Didn't know that parents mission was to "police" residence fraud using as informants kindergarten children.

Look, it's a real problem across DC- and one that the city doesn't seem to have a solid answer to. It frustrates a lot of people that seats and funds are being allocated to people who don't pay DC taxes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-schools-insider/post/dc-tries-to-draw-line-on-school-residency-fraud/2011/10/07/gIQALxDRTL_blog.html

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Attorney-General-Suing-Two-Police-Officers-for-Claiming-False-DC-Residency-and-Sending-Their-Children-to-School-For-Free-307056701.html

That first link is pretty weak, it's from 2011. I'm not excusing the cheaters, but people angrily hunting children are really scary. You are beyond tea, yoga, and therapy.

It's interesting that when some other noteworthy story has come out -- the elementary school kid who brought coke to school in a backpack, the mother who sued her son's DC charter school in PG circuit court, the Wilson football team cut from a championship -- that students have fraudulently lived in Maryland. Those are the incidents that get press attention, but these are some of the more flagrant incidents. It makes one wonder about all the other cases of fraud that seldom if ever come to light because the family flies under the radar scope and the student doesn't (otherwise) get into serious trouble. It's so pervasive that even DC police officers have been found to engage in DCPS residency fraud.

Anonymous wrote:

Some people clearly feel they have nothing to worry about. Like, the sort of people who will slap a Murch bumpersticker 4 inches away from their Maryland license plate and drive away from a grossly over-enrolled school.

right.... because it isn't possible that this is the nanny, the babysitter, or one half of a divorced couple. MYOB and stop being so greedy.

Chances are that the nanny or babysitter is not going to have a Murch bumper sticker on her car.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our home is located on Virginia Avenue (in DC). Apparently my K DC has said a few times that she lives in Virginia and I got a few subtle questions from parents about our address. I found it peculiar, but didn't raise a flag until another mother whispered to me that there was some concerns about our residence "outside DC". I thought it was bizarre. Didn't know that parents mission was to "police" residence fraud using as informants kindergarten children.

Look, it's a real problem across DC- and one that the city doesn't seem to have a solid answer to. It frustrates a lot of people that seats and funds are being allocated to people who don't pay DC taxes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-schools-insider/post/dc-tries-to-draw-line-on-school-residency-fraud/2011/10/07/gIQALxDRTL_blog.html

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Attorney-General-Suing-Two-Police-Officers-for-Claiming-False-DC-Residency-and-Sending-Their-Children-to-School-For-Free-307056701.html

That first link is pretty weak, it's from 2011. I'm not excusing the cheaters, but people angrily hunting children are really scary. You are beyond tea, yoga, and therapy.

Anonymous wrote:Our home is located on Virginia Avenue (in DC). Apparently my K DC has said a few times that she lives in Virginia and I got a few subtle questions from parents about our address. I found it peculiar, but didn't raise a flag until another mother whispered to me that there was some concerns about our residence "outside DC". I thought it was bizarre. Didn't know that parents mission was to "police" residence fraud using as informants kindergarten children.

Look, it's a real problem across DC- and one that the city doesn't seem to have a solid answer to. It frustrates a lot of people that seats and funds are being allocated to people who don't pay DC taxes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-schools-insider/post/dc-tries-to-draw-line-on-school-residency-fraud/2011/10/07/gIQALxDRTL_blog.html

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Attorney-General-Suing-Two-Police-Officers-for-Claiming-False-DC-Residency-and-Sending-Their-Children-to-School-For-Free-307056701.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our home is located on Virginia Avenue (in DC). Apparently my K DC has said a few times that she lives in Virginia and I got a few subtle questions from parents about our address. I found it peculiar, but didn't raise a flag until another mother whispered to me that there was some concerns about our residence "outside DC". I thought it was bizarre. Didn't know that parents mission was to "police" residence fraud using as informants kindergarten children.

The parent patrol is because DCPS is not trustworthy and spends taxpayer money with little accountability.

Not the PP, and say what you want, but that is just freaky. Seriously, it is the pet project of psychos. I'm so sorry for your children, I can smell their drug addictions and eating disorders already.

Wow people care way too hard about this. The assumptions people make....

Anonymous wrote:Our home is located on Virginia Avenue (in DC). Apparently my K DC has said a few times that she lives in Virginia and I got a few subtle questions from parents about our address. I found it peculiar, but didn't raise a flag until another mother whispered to me that there was some concerns about our residence "outside DC". I thought it was bizarre. Didn't know that parents mission was to "police" residence fraud using as informants kindergarten children.

The parent patrol is because DCPS is not trustworthy and spends taxpayer money with little accountability.

I dunno. I followed a tan Chevy Suburban with Maryland tags and a Murch bumper sticker all the way down 36th St. NW today, after school. After pickup from Murch, that is.

Some people clearly feel they have nothing to worry about. Like, the sort of people who will slap a Murch bumpersticker 4 inches away from their Maryland license plate and drive away from a grossly over-enrolled school.

I wouldn't be so proud of stalking someone into Maryland, were I you. I mean it is funny that you did that, but I'm not laughing WITH you. You are almost as funny as your fellow Murchies crying about the lack of underground parking.

Anonymous wrote:I just have to wonder what kind of person stalks their kids' classmates and assumes they are gaming the system. Obviously, sad--but what else can we say?/is this woman the Ted Cruz to our Princeton dorm?

Beats being Hillary Clinton and letting people in your dorm get murdered.

Anonymous wrote:

Greedy?

Yes - greedy. Assuming that you are in a position to decide who "deserves" to go to Murch. I find most Murch posters to be insufferable. Whining now about their lack of underground parking. Wah wah wah.

And you are assuming, on an anonymous message board, the poster is connected to Murch. You seem to have a personal animus toward this school (wah wah wah is not new on Murch threads). Perhaps you are a sock puppet?

Where do your kids go?