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Monday, May 21, 2007
Filling In for Vacationing Bridgett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So, while Bridgett is vacationing, Kristina Torres and I (Diane Stepp) will be filling in for a couple of weeks with some timely topics. Like us, many of you are gearing up for the end of the school year. In Cobb, which I cover, that day will be Friday. Did any of you catch Saturday’s story about the Marietta mom who was charged with a felony and faced prison time for sending her kids to out-of-district schools ? The jury found her not guilty on 16 counts even though the district claimed she had given three false addresses over the past two years and declined to pay the out-of-district tuition. Thus Marietta City schools had no luck in recouping more than $6,000 in tuition from her. Her three kids will finish out the school year in Marietta City schools but won’t be allowed to re-enroll. Turns out this is becoming a big deal across metro area school systems with crackdowns by the school systems on parents who lie about their residency . How widespread do you think this is? What should be the penalties for parents sending kids to schools where they don’t pay taxes ? How about slipping across the line within the same county, say from one school to a neighboring one because of better football program, or band program etc. ?
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