How Suburbanites Cheat Their Way Into Booker T. Washington (Dallas: neighborhood, school districts)

[UnfairPark]

Just to put things in perspective, if you compare parents from DISD scamming good districts, number of few system gaming suburbanite scammers attending SEM or Booker pales in comparison.

It doesn’t look like Lakewood advocates are doing anything to initiate disciplinary actions, just writing articles.

Not to forget, districts bordering Dallas, get as many low income multistories in Dallas to handle as possible.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by lemonegg

I don't have a dog in this fight. Didn't know this school existed until I read this thread. However...

I don't have a problem with kids outside of DISD attending Booker or any other magnet school. Why? Because part of the property taxes the "wealthier" ISDs pays goes to other "poorer" ISDs. The Robin Hood situation. So despite what they said in that article, the non-DISD families are paying some taxes to the DISD.

WRONG. While 89% of students in Dallas ISD are low income, Dallas ISD’s TAX BASE is property rich and therefore pays in to Robin Hood just like Frisco, Coppell, Highland Park, etc.

And as flawed as Robin Hood is, it’s a state financing program and absolutely not an individual vigilante program where it’s ok to lie/cheat/steal because the place you’re stealing fund gets some of your tax dollars.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

Just to put things in perspective, if you compare parents from DISD scamming good districts, number of few system gaming suburbanite scammers attending SEM or Booker pales in comparison.

It doesn’t look like Lakewood advocates are doing anything to initiate disciplinary actions, just writing articles.

Not to forget, districts bordering Dallas, get as many low income multistories in Dallas to handle as possible.

WTF? If you’re going to claim Dallas ISD parents are lying to their kids into suburban districts on a large scale cheating scandal, you’re going to need more proof than your own word.

[Aggielina]

Originally Posted by mSooner

DISD should have no problem doing the same...honestly I doubt some of their other campuses like Lakewood Elementary are gamed nearly as much, though.

I know of someone who is in DISD but not zoned to Lakewood who sends their child there through illegal means. What galls me is that this person raves about the awesomeness of living in east / central Dallas and how anything north of Northwest Highway is too far away and might as well be Oklahoma, but the only reason they have the luxury of snobbery is because they are lying about their real address. Perhaps if they were honest and used the school they are zoned for, the suburbs wouldn't look so bad.

I also know some people who are in RISD but somehow got permission to attend a DISD elementary magnet. I can't remember the name. I want to say that they went through legitimate channels to do so, but I don't remember the specifics.

[UnfairPark]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

WTF? If you’re going to claim Dallas ISD parents are lying to their kids into suburban districts on a large scale cheating scandal, you’re going to need more proof than your own word.

It can’t be one way traffic but I don’t have statistics, neither does this article, they haven’t cross checked residency claims, only assumed that everyone who didn’t attend Dallas ISD middle schools is not a resident. In new suburban high schools, every other high schooler attended middle school at another district, this is no proof of a scam.

However, if anyone is thinking of doing it, do know that it’s a felony in Texas. If you know someone who is doing it, you should report them.

[numbersguy100]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

It can’t be one way traffic but I don’t have statistics, neither does this article, they haven’t cross checked residency claims, only assumed that everyone who didn’t attend Dallas ISD middle schools is not a resident. In new suburban high schools, every other high schooler attended middle school at another district, this is no proof of a scam.

However, if anyone is thinking of doing it, do know that it’s a felony in Texas. If you know someone who is doing it, you should report them.

You understand that you don't get to unilaterally declare that something happens just because you think it might, right? You have no data or even anecdotes to back up your claim. The article in question has data behind what has long been known to anyone connected to the Dallas magnets. The out of district thing has been a bit of an open secret at Harry Stone, Dealey, Travis, TAG (though not anymore), SEM, and Booker T - it helps that DISD won't kick you out once you are in to one of these schools so the incentive to lie is only present in the application process. Many people come clean to their friends and classmates after that. This article backs up what most people have heard about on an informal or anecdotal basis.



I'm not saying that it never happens that people zoned for DISD attend neighboring districts, but I know for a fact it doesn't happen in HPISD. They are vigilant to a remarkable degree. And I can't understand a scenario in which someone would want to live in Dallas proper and drive their kid up to Plano or wherever, just for a comprehensive high school with no particular specialty.

[tcualum]

This has been going on for quite a while. A childhood friend of mine who lived in Lake Highlands got into Booker T using his grandmother's DISD address.

[75214Dad]

Originally Posted by numbersguy100

I'm not saying that it never happens that people zoned for DISD attend neighboring districts, but I know for a fact it doesn't happen in HPISD. They are vigilant to a remarkable degree. And I can't understand a scenario in which someone would want to live in Dallas proper and drive their kid up to Plano or wherever, just for a comprehensive high school with no particular specialty.

Just ask Councilman McGough!!

Most districts in the region have an open enrollment process; it's not legal transfers that is the issue here-- anyone in DISD can go to DeSoto or Grand Prairie, for example. And anyone in Coppell to go to a school with space, like Pinkston. The issue is people misrepresenting their address to gain access to a privileged program. Of course, one might ask why we are spending more money per student at this program and what we gain from having it be so "elite".

[AlterEgo42]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

It can’t be one way traffic but I don’t have statistics, neither does this article, they haven’t cross checked residency claims, only assumed that everyone who didn’t attend Dallas ISD middle schools is not a resident. In new suburban high schools, every other high schooler attended middle school at another district, this is no proof of a scam.

However, if anyone is thinking of doing it, do know that it’s a felony in Texas. If you know someone who is doing it, you should report them.

This is, quite literally, one of the most inane things I’ve ever read.

Congrats. You one-upped your other clickbait threads.

[UnfairPark]

Okay. It’s settled then, all DISD residents are too upright to try similar scam as suburban scammers. I certainly hope suburban schools require more proofs of actual residency.