Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

[Mr5000]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

I'm not gonna say what I really want to say,because I'm sure that arguement would violate the TOS. All I'm gonna say is, I don't see how that's any different than what I see every year down here in Georgia when it comes to people sending their kid to another school.

[Dice]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

I'm not gonna say what I really want to say,because I'm sure that arguement would violate the TOS. All I'm gonna say is, I don't see how that's any different than what I see every year down here in Georgia when it comes to people sending their kid to another school.

I feel you. There is a lot of stuff I'd like to say as well BUT since the conversation has avoided the topics usually banned by the TOS, then I'll stick to it.

BUT as I stated before, in Chicago this happens all the time and no one gets this type of punishment for it.

[fistofrage]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

I am sure there is more to the story.

[Mr5000]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

It's funny to me how they can resolve the issue without the courts with everybody else, but all of a sudden they couldn't do it with this lady.

The whole thing smells funny to me, I'll leave it at that.

[fistofrage]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

It's funny to me how they can resolve the issue without the courts with everybody else, but all of a sudden they couldn't do it with this lady.

The whole thing smells funny to me, I'll leave it at that.

If I had to guess, she used her position to access private files and enter fraudulent data. This person isn't getting jailed for for simply putting incorrect information on an application especially when a relative lives within the district in question.

Guarantee there is more to this story. There always is. The media always wants to sensationalize headlines to pull on the heartstrings and make one side always look like an innocent victim.

[Mr5000]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

If I had to guess, she used her position to access private files and enter fraudulent data. This person isn't getting jailed for for simply putting incorrect information on an application especially when a relative lives within the district in question.

Guarantee there is more to this story. There always is. The media always wants to sensationalize headlines to pull on the heartstrings and make one side always look like an innocent victim.

yeah, that has to be what it is

[Dirty Turtles]

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They need to institute the voucher system, where you choose where your kids go and pay your taxes to that particular school. I'm allowed to pick and choose private schools, so why shouldn't I be able to do it with public schools if they aren't up to the quality I want them to be.

In this area, we have students that have our towns address and go to a completely different school district, just because they live on the wrong side of the river. They live 3 miles from our high school and 1 mile from our nearest elementary school. We have two high school and one elementary school bus that passes their houses daily, but yet they bus them by van 10+ miles away to their elementary and high schools.

We ourselves give away students to another nearby district because the round trip into our nearest facilities is far greater than it is to that school districts.

[NDAlum]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

Still doesn't justify the grand theft charge. YES, I understand the intricacies of federal funding for students. The school they were trying to put their kids into was a public school. The other school the mother did not want their kids to attend was also public school. And from my understanding, public schools are free to the public. So it's still puzzling to me on how can you steal $30,000 from a service that's free to the public?

School is not free

[ryan36]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

This highlights many issues within the education system.

[Sublime12089]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

My friend's response, which I agree with: "If you have to break the law to give your child an adequate education, the law is wrong, not you."

And I do understand the way public schools are funded. It is a large part of the problem that brought about this situation in the first place as far as the disparities between schools are concerned.

[NDAlum]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

My friend's response, which I agree with: "If you have to break the law to give your child an adequate education, the law is wrong, not you."

And I do understand the way public schools are funded. It is a large part of the problem that brought about this situation in the first place as far as the disparities between schools are concerned.

No.

To say the school in the area they lived is inadequate is a shot at that school. Ok, they have lower graduation rates. So what? Go there and rise above, be a person to increase the graduation rate.

There were many options of the legal variety available and the parent chose to ignore them.

[Po Pimp]

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As someone who actually went through this as a child, I feel the penalty is much too harsh for a woman trying to send her kids to a better school. When I was a child, the grade school I attended was in my district, a poor neighborhood. However, I was an exceptional student, way advanced for my age. My principal pulled some strings and I was able to transfer to a school outside of my district in a much better neighborhood. Had that not happened, I would have probably been a statistic and not realized my potential.

The problem lies in the fact that education across the board isn't uniform. The high school I attended (in my district), we could not take home our textbooks, and my teachers xeroxed worksheets from the workbooks we were supposed to use. The school I transferred to in grade school had all of those resources readily available.

As long as the educational system remains skewed across the board, nothing will ever change.

[NDAlum]

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I grew up poor and made it. I lived in a bad neighborhood and went to public schools which were very diverse.

I feel no sympathy.

The sentence is not harsh.

I could come up with endless examples of ways to justify committing crimes, but at the end of the day they are still crimes.

[Po Pimp]

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No.

To say the school in the area they lived is inadequate is a shot at that school. Ok, they have lower graduation rates. So what? Go there and rise above, be a person to increase the graduation rate.

There were many options of the legal variety available and the parent chose to ignore them.

I went to a HS that was mediocre and I rose above and ranked in the top 5 in my class (my ACT score was decent as well). However, I was not as prepared as other students once I entered college, and that was evident. Case in point, I got A's in Spanish both years (yes, we were only required to take Spanish twice in HS), and one of those years, we didn't even have a teacher. When I got to college, the professor decided from day one that no English would be spoken in the class, and I was lost. Ended up with a D in Spanish and eventually switched my foreign language altogether.

The point is no matter how smart you are or how hard you work, you will be climbing up a muddy slope trying to compete with other students who are using an escalator because certain resources were not available to you. Yes you can get there, but the road is tougher...and why should it be that way?

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district

I went to a HS that was mediocre and I rose above and ranked in the top 5 in my class (my ACT score was decent as well). However, I was not as prepared as other students once I entered college, and that was evident. Case in point, I got A's in Spanish both years (yes, we were only required to take Spanish twice in HS), and one of those years, we didn't even have a teacher. When I got to college, the professor decided from day one that no English would be spoken in the class, and I was lost. Ended up with a D in Spanish and eventually switched my foreign language altogether.

The point is no matter how smart you are or how hard you work, you will be climbing up a muddy slope trying to compete with other students who are using an escalator because certain resources were not available to you. Yes you can get there, but the road is tougher...and why should it be that way?

Agreed. I was the top student from my high school and got accepted the the Honors College at South Carolina. It was a whole new ball game. I was humbled after the first waves of exams, especially in Biology and English. What got me As at my school were Cs and Ds in college.

I caught on and graduated with a 3.5 but that was an eye opener.

Going to standards and end of course testing is supposed to be the great equalizer. Everybody teach the same basic content. However, the resources to do that are hardly equal.