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So Foul: Homeless Mom Arrested For Sending Kid To School In Wrong District, Could Face 20 Yrs
A lot of people use a relatives, friends or even work addresses to send their kinds to schools in districts they are not zoned to. Most didn't know they could get arrested for it, face a long stretch in the pen and owe $15,000 if caught.The 15K is what it supposedly costs to school a child for a year.
That's what Tanya McDowell of Norwalk,Connecticut is dealing with today. To make matters worse she is homeless. Sometimes crashing at homeless shelters, her car or a friends couch. McDowell thought at least she had her son in a good school.
"I had no idea whatsoever that if you enroll your child in another school district, it becomes a crime," McDowell, 33 told the Stamford Advocate.
McDowell was charged last week with first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny for allegedly stealing $15,686 from Norwalk schools. She was released after posting a $25,000 bond.
The babysitter whose address was used to get McDowell's son into the new school was evicted from her Public Housing home.
"I know so many people who enroll in other school districts where the kids go home on the weekend to visit their parents so they can have a better education," McDowell says.
Norwalk Board of Education Vice Chairman, Glenn Iannaccone can't remember anyome ever being arrested for this.
"This is the first time I have heard something like this where there has been an arrest. Other allegations like this have been handled by the central office. I'm not sure if the police have been involved," Iannaccone told the CT Post. "Maybe this is the district's way of cracking down on this."
What do you guys think about this case? What would you do to get your kid into a better school and should this be a crime?
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Comment by snucxx72 on April 24, 2011 at 10:34pm -
Oh God Black PPl do u c we have2 stick 2gether? SMFh we r fightin 4 the wrong reasons..Im talkin 2 the real N***** that wanna make a change shouts out 2 50 4 giving kids of the ghetto a chance..this s*** is gettin out of hand
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Comment by Dakamu on April 23, 2011 at 3:51pm -
God forbid we give a black child an education meant for a white one.... smh
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Comment by V.I.P on April 23, 2011 at 3:13pm -
That's F*****!
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Comment by Sir buttah on April 23, 2011 at 3:47am -
Damn pretty harsh...All she wanted was for her shorty to have an education....at least she has somewhere to sleep and eat now.
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Comment by Angie on April 22, 2011 at 7:52pm -
Thats crazy..at least her child was going to school. Damned if you do damned if you dont, this country needs to get its priorities straight and stop worrying about what school a kid goes to and rather get all of these murders and rapist off of the streets.
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Comment by Hollowtip84 on April 22, 2011 at 7:04pm -
@ delinkwent it cost more money to jail a human being than to educate them, this is all a money thing and to use her as an example they rather waste more tax money to try them? and btw she posted bond because im sure alot of layers see MONEY in this case and would like to take the opertunity to give one to the city....
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Comment by young t.i.m. on April 22, 2011 at 6:49pm -
dirty dees right there
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Comment by Red The Knucklehead on April 22, 2011 at 4:38pm -
That Stinks.. Thats a Bad Deal
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Comment by Jesikah M. on April 22, 2011 at 4:12pm -
This is just crazy!
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Comment by Caeton Fath on April 22, 2011 at 3:28pm
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Yah thats soooo wrong
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