Update- I saw the same family get into the same car with MD plates. I don't think the adult is a babysitter/nanny but I could be wrong. I would love to ignore it but then I get mad thinking that this family could betaking up a prek slot at much sought after charter. Would love to know that the family is legit.

Anonymous wrote:I am a DC resident and my son was accepted to PS 3 for a charter school. I had to present a pay stub with my address and sign a permission form that they could come to my house and check my closets, etc. How does someone who doesn't live in DC get around that?

They use someone else's address. Home visits are rare.

I am a DC resident and my son was accepted to PS 3 for a charter school. I had to present a pay stub with my address and sign a permission form that they could come to my house and check my closets, etc. How does someone who doesn't live in DC get around that?

PG is almost three times the size of the DC school system. With all that they have going on, I can't see looking into the cases of cheaters in DC as a good use of their time.

Anonymous wrote:I am on a mobile device so I can't figure out how to copy and paste. If you go to school digger.com it has the aggregate msa scores. Mann had one of about 186 combined math and reading. If you them search pg elementary schools you can see there are quite a few with a combined score higher than that. They are not all in Bowie. A couple in Seabrook, hyattsville and other cities.

The traffic to get into the city sucks so unless you work there I can't imagine going through the effort. The pp that mentioned free preschool and then deciding to stay makes a good point.

I think it would be useful information for the Prince Georges County School Board to track the data obtained from the DC residency cheaters to see what schools people are zoned for and address the deficiences.

Seems like there's one person heavily sock-puppeting this thread. The writing style is distinctive. And poor.

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Anonymous wrote:What part if PG do you think these kids are coming from? In terms of elementary schools and based on the MSA scores, there are at least 12-13 elementary schools in PG with higher scores than DC's top ranked public elementary school which I thought was Mann. If you move down to Lafayette's scores there are even more PG options.

Please post the 12-13 PG County elementary schools with top scores. I really don't think PG residents who are in bounds to Whitehall and Tulip are driving across the county to enroll their kids into DC schools. It's probably the people who feed into the poor performing schools that are the residency cheaters. The increase in gas or metro fare alone would negate the savings from reduced before/aftercare of DC schools if you already have preference for a good elementary school.

Signed,

PG County resident who lives in a great neighborhood but zoned for a poor performing school.

Not if you are already coming into DC to go to work. I am aware of a few people who do just that after dropping their kid off at a DCPS/DCPCS.

Why would someone commute into the city for a school that may not be performing better?

I am on a mobile device so I can't figure out how to copy and paste. If you go to school digger.com it has the aggregate msa scores. Mann had one of about 186 combined math and reading. If you them search pg elementary schools you can see there are quite a few with a combined score higher than that. They are not all in Bowie. A couple in Seabrook, hyattsville and other cities.

The traffic to get into the city sucks so unless you work there I can't imagine going through the effort. The pp that mentioned free preschool and then deciding to stay makes a good point.

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Anonymous wrote:What part if PG do you think these kids are coming from? In terms of elementary schools and based on the MSA scores, there are at least 12-13 elementary schools in PG with higher scores than DC's top ranked public elementary school which I thought was Mann. If you move down to Lafayette's scores there are even more PG options.

Please post the 12-13 PG County elementary schools with top scores. I really don't think PG residents who are in bounds to Whitehall and Tulip are driving across the county to enroll their kids into DC schools. It's probably the people who feed into the poor performing schools that are the residency cheaters. The increase in gas or metro fare alone would negate the savings from reduced before/aftercare of DC schools if you already have preference for a good elementary school.

Signed,

PG County resident who lives in a great neighborhood but zoned for a poor performing school.

Not if you are already coming into DC to go to work. I am aware of a few people who do just that after dropping their kid off at a DCPS/DCPCS.

+1. cheaters works in DC, drop off and pick up of their way to and from work

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Anonymous wrote:What part if PG do you think these kids are coming from? In terms of elementary schools and based on the MSA scores, there are at least 12-13 elementary schools in PG with higher scores than DC's top ranked public elementary school which I thought was Mann. If you move down to Lafayette's scores there are even more PG options.

Please post the 12-13 PG County elementary schools with top scores. I really don't think PG residents who are in bounds to Whitehall and Tulip are driving across the county to enroll their kids into DC schools. It's probably the people who feed into the poor performing schools that are the residency cheaters. The increase in gas or metro fare alone would negate the savings from reduced before/aftercare of DC schools if you already have preference for a good elementary school.

Signed,

PG County resident who lives in a great neighborhood but zoned for a poor performing school.

Not if you are already coming into DC to go to work. I am aware of a few people who do just that after dropping their kid off at a DCPS/DCPCS.

Anonymous wrote:What part if PG do you think these kids are coming from? In terms of elementary schools and based on the MSA scores, there are at least 12-13 elementary schools in PG with higher scores than DC's top ranked public elementary school which I thought was Mann. If you move down to Lafayette's scores there are even more PG options.

Please post the 12-13 PG County elementary schools with top scores. I really don't think PG residents who are in bounds to Whitehall and Tulip are driving across the county to enroll their kids into DC schools. It's probably the people who feed into the poor performing schools that are the residency cheaters. The increase in gas or metro fare alone would negate the savings from reduced before/aftercare of DC schools if you already have preference for a good elementary school.

Signed,

PG County resident who lives in a great neighborhood but zoned for a poor performing school.

They come from all over because:

1. Free pre-3 and pre-k in the schools closest to PG county.

2. Lack of before and aftercare in many PG schools.

Once you are in for a few years then it is easier just to stay.

What part if PG do you think these kids are coming from? In terms of elementary schools and based on the MSA scores, there are at least 12-13 elementary schools in PG with higher scores than DC's top ranked public elementary school which I thought was Mann. If you move down to Lafayette's scores there are even more PG options.

Charters that turn a blind eye to residency cheaters should be required to return all monies allotted that benefitted a non-DC resident child. Believe me- cheating would come to a complete stand still. Money talks. Sad that no one is motivated by "right and wrong" anymore.

Anonymous wrote:Public schools require the parent registering the child to prove they are a DC resident through various means.The person picking up could be a grandparent, older sibling, or the other parent who might live out of state. I don't see the reason behind suspecting residency fraud simply becuase parent/guardian picking up a child has MD/VA plates. If it were a New York plate would that make a difference? In all likelihood the one case mentioned earlier might have been through the school and boards own controls.

In most cases these people know they are wrong, but they simply don't care. They drive in dropped the kid go to work and do the same in the evening. Yeah we shouldnt assume, but stats show that its happening. Year after year, people enroll their child/children and they have proof but is it legit proof. There are cases where people let their paychecks go to the DC address, have a drivers license in dc but renting in MD. Also PG Cty homeowners will use a relative or friend, put a utility in their name in the DC residence and use that as proof. People that want what they want without paying will find a way. Since you have to enroll the child/ren every year people find away around the residency requirements