District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data
theregister.com the district repeatedly denied enrollment after citing license plate
recognition data that it said showed her vehicle appearing overnight
at Chicago addresses
[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47351239
Good. Too many people are willing to do insane shit like renting a house and leaving it empty just to get their kid in a school they don’t live near.
If they are paying rent for a house that money is going into property taxes which is paying for their enrollment.
If they can buy a house and leave it empty they can buy a car and leave it empty.
The real problem is that plates disclose any information. It was a useful fearure 30 years ago.
Like for example what business do people have learning how new your car is? Some even buy a new car to avoid the badge of shame.
Why do i need to know when your registration expires?
Why is a school district spending huge amounts of money on this software - why does it even care where the students are? And secondly, why are they violating the privacy of students and parents? This is outrageous.
It’s actually a real problem because of how we fund schools - with local tax dollars.
I’ve seen someone try to claim their ownership of an empty lot as the basis for getting their children into a better school district.
It’s a mess.
I personally know two families who use their grandparents address to get into a better school district.