Homeless Mom Faces Jail for Enrolling Son in School

[Jazzy]

A homeless mother who sent her child to the wrong Connecticut public school could be jailed for up to 20 years for stealing $15,686—the cost of a year's education in Norwalk. Tanya McDowell was charged with grand larceny after authorities discovered that she sent her 6-year-old son to a school in Norwalk using a fake address, reports the New York Daily News. Authorities say she should have sent him to a school in Bridgeport, where she sometimes slept at a friend's apartment.



The Connecticut Parents Union is backing McDowell in her battle with authorities. I'm very disappointed in the mayor's leadership, said a spokeswoman. He's responsible not only for adult taxpayers but future taxpayers. To be so callous on this issue and victimize the mom. Nobody is focusing on this child. The mayor, who stresses that McDowell has a criminal record and is not a poor, picked-upon homeless person, says penalties must be enforced for stealing the city's services.



Link: http://www.newser.com/story/117295/...m-faces-jail-for-enrolling-son-in-school.html

 

[Bluezone777]

All I have to say is good luck trying to get that money from her. lol

 

[Jazzy]

All I have to say is good luck trying to get that money from her. lol

A homeless mother who sent her child to the wrong Connecticut public school could be jailed for up to 20 years for stealing $15,686—the cost of a year's education in Norwalk.

She didn't receive any money as clearly stated in the above quote. They want to jail her for sending her 6 year old son to the wrong school. This so pisses me off.

She might be homeless and have a prior conviction record but she wants better for her son. She wants him to get an education so he too doesn't wind up on the streets homeless too. Is that a crime? The crime would be to send his mom to jail and then the 6 year old winds up without a mother.

 

[Cranos]

Honestly the crime is that a mother and a 6 year old boy are homeless in the first place...