UrbanBaby

06.24.08, 21:14 PM New York City
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one thing puzzles me about people who lie about their address to get their kid into a good school, esp. if it's in a totally different neighborhood/borough: what do they tell their kids?? do they coach them to lie and say they live on XYZ Street? (i know my ds would totally not be able to lie like this...) [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 06.24.08, 09:14 PM Flag

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In all honesty - no one asks a child their address in K. It's not something that comes up. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 05:10 AM Flag

But in the upper grades it can happen, and the DOE will track back to see if you were really living at x address when you first enrolled. They don't have time to properly place students, but they do seem to have time for that. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 06:06 AM Flag

but the DOE doesn't or else there would 1/3 less kids in 87 [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 06:48 AM Flag

No, because D3 schools used to be able to accept kids from all over. Now it's changed and they are very tight on zoning. Don't rely on what people "used" to pull off. Any kids starting at a new school this year, at any elementary grade level...there is a good chance you will be caught if you lie, even though in the past it was pretty easy. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 07:45 AM Flag

eh, you are giving the DOE way too much credit. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 07:46 AM Flag

No, it's as simple as them mailing you a letter. If it comes back to them or if they get a forwarding notice, they will investigate. For whatever reason they are getting very pissy about it this year. This coming from our UPK director, who is constantly asking people for more paperwork. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 07:47 AM Flag

True. That's why for the D3 lottery, you needed to bring in the letter they sent you in order to register. It was another way of checking if you live where you say you do. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 07:50 AM Flag

lolol. We are at D3 school and don't have address on file for a bunch of kids, several of them not living in Manhattan at all. Nobody is investigating. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 08:13 AM Flag

As I said, rules used to be laxer. They are cracking down on 08 admissions. Also, kids are always allowed to move out of zone--or out of district--once they complete K. So many will have outside addresses later on. But for this year's K, you run a much bigger chance that you will be caught if you lie. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 08:54 AM Flag

np: why is there a bigger chance that you will be caught if you lie? are they planning to follow people home every day? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 11:25 AM Flag

beyond that, what do you do about playdates, etc. at some point the kids is going to have to lie [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 07:54 AM Flag

You can always say you moved, many people do once kids are in school. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 08:13 AM Flag

exactly. People don't seem to realize that once you start in first grade at a school - you are allowed to move out of the zone and stay in the school. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 11:00 AM Flag

They may have changed it to K now, or at least be considering it. I heard official rumblings in that direction. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 11:24 AM Flag

does that mean that once the kid is in K the family can move out of zone? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.25.08, 11:39 AM Flag