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Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Parents Who Cheat
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The marquee at Livsey Elementary School in Tucker bears this welcoming message: Proof of residence required of all students.
Livsey is known in DeKalb County, where the school is located, as well as neighboring Gwinnett, as a well-run school where kids can still be kids and the drumbeat leading up to standardized tests is only a faint background noise.
Yes, success has a cost. When a school has such a reputation, parents will lie and cheat to get their kids in. Sarah Smith Elementary School in Buckhead has such a problem that parents who live in the district once investigated every student’s residence. They found several families whose address was a store that rented mailboxes.
Some districts have attendance boundary detectives that find the cheaters.
This blog is anonymous, so let’s hear from some parents who fudge their addresses or otherwise cheat to gain entry to a top-rated school… For everyone else, what should the district do with cheaters, kick their kids out immediately or let them finish out the semester?
