Back To School Jail

Now that Labor Day weekend is over, school is back in session for most of those little punk kids. If you’re not in school, remember it is our duty as members of the working world to laugh at these kids trudging back to boxy buildings to learn who Charlemagne was, a skill that will help you immensely down the road.

Anyway, it also means rich suburban public school districts are on the lookout for parents from Philadelphia who send their kids to better public schools in the suburbs. And what happens to those parents if they’re caught trying to give their kids a better education while defrauding a public school?

In some cases, Ferman says, districts hire people to set up surveillance and follow people to their homes. The warning: if you get caught, they will prosecute you.

A Norristown woman was sent to jail for sending her four kids to the Colonial School District.

Ha ha, sorry, kids! Now you have to go to Norristown High and live without a mom.

Local Officials Issue Warnings and Reminders As New School Year Begins [KYW 1060]