There's a FREE clinic in Fayette County...I want in.
This is news to me.
As far as out of county kids in our schools. I was told if they have a parent, aunt, uncle, cousin, working for the school system they could attend.
I still can't believe that parents who "actually" own a house in fayette county, but because of where their house is located, thier children have to attend Love Joy High School (which is in Clayton). I don't understand that.

I still can't believe that parents who "actually" own a house in fayette county, but because of where their house is located, thier children have to attend Love Joy High School (which is in Clayton). I don't understand that.

It's not true. Some may have a Fayetteville address, but their house is actually in Clayton County, and so the kids would attend a Clayton County school.

There is a so-called "free clinic" on 54 West from Fayetteville, near Peachtree City.
My guess is they check for emergency, check your insurance, if any, and then decide where to send you for serious treatment. I'm not sure how much paperwork they will fill out as to your wealth, etc.
Rest assured however that you are not going to get full treatment there for everything, no questions asked. It would be impossible.
Concerning the out of county school kids here because some relative, any relative, it appears, works for the school, maybe, can be explained this way: Many children are told to say that they are living with an employee and to write that name down when asked. It could be some relative or in-law, or it could be a friend who is "watching" the student, a guardian, and in some cases the student doesn't even know who is their parent. It is not necessarily wrong considering the student's circumstances.

Good for you. We need more people like you in this county who will take action for things that are not correct. I hope you got the name of the person you talked to. Call or email your school board elected officials. Some of them must be up for re-election and will want to get to the bottom of this.
Good luck, my kids are in private school and this still ticks me off, but I am helping with the over crowding, so imagine what it would be like if all the private schools closed and all Fayette County students went to public schools! Get the non residents out of the county schools, as congress is doing with Mexico "tighten the boarders"!

My family has lived in Fayette County for more than 50 years. In recent years, I can't count how many times we've had to 'prove' that we live in Fayette County each year school starts, with copies of deeds and electric bills. (Water bills are not acceptable!) I don't mind going through all of that trouble year-after-year if it keeps our taxes down, but it doesn't sound as though it is doing any good.

Leoah Whineknott

The BOE is dropping the ball on this issue. Many, many out of county students do attend our schools. They are probably in the hundreds. Now we are asked to build more schools and pass SPLOSTS. Our students are sitting in trailers while we could remove these illegal students and manage the overcrowding. As for checking all 54 cars - that is incredibly hard to believe. Eighty percent of our taxes go to the schools. Why should we pay for these illegals? As for nothing being done - that is true if we as citizens do nothing. Come on, it is time for accountability from the elected school board members who spend our tax dollars.

Just for those of you who don't know, there are "code" words used to say that minorities are attending our schools from other counties. The problem is created by allowing school workers and teachers to bring their children here if they work here, and I'm sure an occasional athlete or friend we want. This sort of thing has been going on in high schools for maybe a hundred years, although not with minorities until recent years.

First of all, these families sending their kids to our schools are guilty of theft of services - a felony. Obviously the school employees and their children are not,but they should be pretty easy to identify - after all they work there.

Solution to the problem is easy - ask the parents to come in and prove their county of residence. When you get no response - send the kid home until the parents show up. It is up to them to prove they live here - not up to the school system to prove they don't
meow

Excellent solution, mudcat. My kids attend a Peachtree City elementary school. Almost every morning, I see one or two Coweta tags in the car rider circle. I may call the principal. From the sound of these posts, a call to the county office is going to be a waste of time.

I'm sick to death of illegals, be they to the county or to our blessed USA whining & griping when we try to pass laws to restrict them. They *itch and moan about their rights. What rights??? They are here illegally. If you want rights, come here legally, pay your taxes, contribute to society and I'll be more than happy for you to have the same rights I do. As far as rights go, what about my right to not have to subsidize freeloaders?

Let the flames begin.

You people are nuts. Trying to cover up your racism with tax worries.
How in the name of Goth do you think the school system can have all 25,000 students come in and prove residence?
Maybe just the black and yellow and brown ones, huh?

Although I agree that melissafred's post sounds overly melanin-focused, the underlying residency issue isn't wrong. I chose to live in Fayette County because, among other things, I wanted to be in a place with good schools. I work at a soul-grinding job to afford to live here with the knowledge that I am working to pay for, among other things, maintaining good schools.

Now, I could have gotten a cheaper home in Fulton or Clayton county. I would also pay lower taxes on a home in Fulton or Clayton county. But, the trade-off is that I'd be near poorly-performing schools. So, I am working -- and more importantly I am paying for -- good schools. It's a simple quid pro quo.

I resent mightily the fact that some people are breaking the law and educating their children on my hard-earned tax dollars. They are welcome to work as hard as I do (12 - 14 hours a day, 6 days a week) and pay the taxes I pay to have full and equal access to our schools. To the extent that they have chosen to live where they live but educate their children on my dime, they are stealing.

None of that has a thing to do with the race of the parents who are engaged in the illegal behavior. And, with all due respect, I could not give a rat's tail about what it would take to have those parents come and prove residency. I have an electric bill, tax bill, gas bill, voter registration, mortgage, trash pickup bill and security system monitoring bill for my Fayette County home. The parents of those 25,000 students should be able to produce any or all of those same documents.

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If you and I are always in agreement, one of us is likely armed and dangerous.

Better yet - just send a bill to the address supplied. It probably costs over $4000 a year to educate 1 kid. They can either pay the bill - if they live out of county or send back proof of residence. When the bills come back "returned -- addressee unknown" you know there's a potential problem and you keep that kid out of school until his parents come in and fix it. How hard is that?

The people who object to this are the same ones who object to voter ID - that would be the ones who are intent on committing fraud and think it is their right to do whatever they want - even if it is illegal.

It costs over $8200 per year to educate a student. It seems to me that overcrowding could be relieved if these students were removed. We could hire another employee or two with the money saved. You are exactly right about these being the same prople who object to photo ID for voting. Photo ID is required for almost everything. Take notice of those that are objecting to this. If you are honest and do not mean to break the law, you would not mind showing proof of residency or photo ID. The dishonest will spend a lot time getting around the law. We need good detectives to find them out.

This idea I do like!!!

Mom to 3, plus a few strays

Count me in on this - great idea! It is so simple to solve a problem like this if we get rid of all the political correctness and mollycoddelling (that didn't spell check too well) that has influenced our school officials for way too long.