Yet again we here reports about cars with NY plates and even Port Chester taxis dropping kids off at New Lebanon school. THEY MUST BE FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY MUST!! Ok, no one said exactly that, but there’s now a renewed call for better residency checks. Read the article here. All is not as it seems. For one thing, my neighbor in Byram owns one of the taxi companies in Port Chester, he keeps one of his cabs here and has for years been driving his kids to school in it. Byram is filled with people, I know several personally, who moved here from Port Chester, White Plains, New Rochelle and other towns in Westchester because of our schools. Our ESL program is the best in Connecticut. I also know that when people move here they don’t always get their cars registered right away. I’m sure this is the case with some of the cars they see dropping kids off with NY plates. I also know that in 1963 my parents moved here from Port Chester so that I and my brothers could attend Greenwich schools. And for years my mother drove my grandmother’s car with NY plates. She even drove it to the beach!
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t verify residnecy, just that we should not assume that people are stealing, a rough accusation, if they show up in a car with NY plates. I hate to think that those kids are facing ridicule or extra scrutiny because of their parent’s cars.
Verify residency for everyone, and don’t do anything special if a kid shows up in a NY-plated car.
I’m sure a lot of people would like to comment on this. Now’s a good time to point out that you may do so anonymously. When you go to post, it does ask for an email address, but there’s no verification so you can use a fake one, and a fake name. The email is just so I can communicate with you offline
