Heard today that there is a new 11th grader at MHS using a Melrose family's address.

They ran a poor girl of color out of town to Malden a couple of years ago.

Have to be in the club and they turn the other way apparently like everything else in this city.

Gross

Another rumor by another Melrose Hater. No facts, no evidence, no truth. Never mind the fact that School Choice is now part of the school system so kids from other cities don't need a phony address...they just need to sign up.

Go away.

Do you think "Girl of Color" was the right thing to say? Or would "Colored Girl" have been better?

So apply for school choice. If there is room you are welcome. I am all for one community open to all but not open to one community open to the friends of hacks. The kid is the victim because all the kids know the truth.

And pay the $5000 fee which I think is a bargain.

If you have information that a child is attending Melrose Schools illegally, please call the superintendent's office. However, if the child is actually living at the Melrose address, there is nothing illegal about that. There are several MHS students whose parents are divorced and who share custody, with one parent living outside of Melrose; as long as a custodial parent is living in Melrose, and the child resides there, they are legally entitled to attend school.

The children of teachers are also allowed to attend school here legally.

However, if a Melrose resident moves out of Melrose, their children are NOT entitled to "finish out the school year." If a child is not physically residing in Melrose, but is using the address of a family member or friend to attend school here, they are NOT entitled to be here. This is fraud, and Melrose tax payers should never be paying for non-residents education.

Don't assume that the administration knows about every case of fraud. It's up to residents to report it; I am aware of a case a few years ago where, once it was reported, the child was removed. If you are confident in your facts, pick up the phone and call.

Sure, call and ratt them out so that the super can send her goons to harass them like she is doing now

Another poster is correct, with School Choice this district is actually seeking students from other districts to sign up for the Melrose Schools because Melrose can collect from the sending district.

Your "information" is missing several links, and your motivation is missing anything resembling kindness or concern about students and families.

Understand of course that there are students whose guardians live in different communities. Not the case with this student. Fraud to avoid paying the $5k.

Which is it? Does the parent pay the $5,000 tuition or the town the kid lives in?

http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/schoolchoice/
"The school choice program allows parents to send their children to schools in communities other than the city or town in which they reside. Tuition is paid by the sending district to the receiving district. Districts may elect not to enroll school choice students if no space is available."

This is a blatant example of the hacks. This is not a situation of a kid shuttled between parents and it is unlikely that Saugus ponied up the $5k because the kid came from AP.