Districts check on nonresident students Parents try to deceive schools that are higher-rated, safer BY MICHAEL GOOT Gazette Reporter
School districts across the area hire private investigators and require more documentation of residency to prevent parents from sending their children to schools where they don’t live. People have a variety of reasons for attempting to deceive school officials including wanting to enroll their children in what they perceive as a safer or academically superior district. Mohonasen school offi cials see about two or three cases a month of students who may not live in the Rotterdam district, according to Superintendent Kathleen Spring. For the last several years, the district has hired Wayne Calder, Rotterdam’s retired deputy police chief and current Town Board member, to investigate these cases. For the 2011-12 school year, Calder will be paid a rate of $27.50 per hour. Last year he worked 130 hours for a pay of about $3,600. He worked 125 hours the year before, according to school offi cials. Spring said parents in Schenectady, which shares a border with Mohonasen, Albany and other districts call or e-mail the district seeking to enroll their children for a variety of reasons. “Their child is afraid in their school,” Spring said. “They feel like they are being bullied and ostracized.” In nearby Schalmont, Superintendent Valerie Kelsey said the problem has increased in the last couple of years. The district hasn’t brought in any outside help but relies on existing staff to handle the cases. “They’re probably at least 10 a year,” she said. Kelsey attributed the issue to parents wanting to send their children to a quality school with good programs. Schalmont ranked 11th in The Business Review’s annual survey. “They see it as a safe school. If they can’t find housing here, they fi nd another way to be here,” she said. By contrast, Schenectady ranked 84th out of 85 in The Business Review survey, which is calculated based on test scores for language and reading, social studies, science, math and graduation rate. The city school district has also been tagged by the state as a “persistently dangerous” school for high incidents of violence and its high school is also in restructuring mode with a 2009-2010 graduation rate of 59 percent. The Albany school district ranked last. .....................>>>>........................>>>>............................................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01501&AppName=1
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Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Hmmm. wonder if "rosary boy" is one of the deceivers. He is said to go to Schalmont.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
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