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Thursday, September 15, 2005
Decatur Cracks Down on Cheaters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Parents of 35 kids living outside Decatur city limits got busted, according to this story. They were given the option of withdrawing or paying $550 a month in tuition.
Two kids who are now listed as tuition students are football players, and parents of other players are pitching in to cover the payments. The athletes would not have been eligible to play if they had returned to their home schools, the story said.
We’ve talked about this before. Should parents face penalties for lying about their address? Or is it enough to order them to pay up or withdraw their child ASAP? (Note: Only a few metro systems allow students to pay tuition. Most large metro districts are too crowded to make such an offer.)
