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   From: cblasey@paloaltou.edu   
      
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   Liberal Democrats, too lazy and stupid to compete   
   scholastically.  This is the result of the present day inferior   
   California school system, once the envy of the entire free   
   world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic   
   socialist union infestation.   
      
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   Kiss Your Job Goodbye   
      
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   Spring has sprung, and so has a new season of scam. CEOs and   
   actresses have been indicted in a scheme that included bribing   
   standardized test administrators and college athletic coaches to   
   fabricate information about applicants to elite colleges that   
   would ensure their admission. No, this isn’t the old “donate a   
   library” situation — this is the new “fake your kids’ test   
   scores and athletic abilities” situation.   
      
   According to court documents released today, a college   
   counseling company called the Key engaged in a variety of scams   
   on behalf of applicants at the behest of their parents, often   
   without the kids’ knowledge. Scams included paying off SAT and   
   ACT test administrators to correct the responses of the real   
   test-takers for a higher score, having someone take the test in   
   place of the kids and replace the scores (a man named Igor was   
   noted as a particularly good test faker), or paying off college   
   coaches to flag applicants as athletic “recruits,” even when the   
   applicant did not even play that sport.   
      
   In the documents we obtained from the U.S. District Court in   
   Massachusetts, these tactics were sometimes referred to as the   
   “side door.” In some cases, the parents expressed distress at   
   the thought of their kids or other parents finding out what was   
   going on. Well, it’s kind of hard for these things to stay   
   private when a lot of racketeering occurred using Gmail.   
      
   Thirty-three parents have been charged, including actress Lori   
   Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli; and actress   
   Felicity Huffman. Huffman’s husband, William H. Macy, was not   
   charged.   
      
   Below, we rounded up some of the craziest info in the   
   affidavits. For your reading convenience, references to CW-1 in   
   the indictment refer to “Cooperating Witness 1.” CW-1 is   
   described as “an individual who participated in the scheme. CW-1   
   founded, and together with others operated, the Key and “KWF.”   
   KWF stands for “the Key Worldwide Foundation,” the “charity”   
   through which some of the payments were funneled.   
      
   Ruh Ro!   
   In one exchange with CW-1, Huffman realized she had gotten   
   herself into a pickle. A counselor from her daughter’s high   
   school told her via email that she would proctor the test   
   herself (instead of having Huffman’s daughter sit for the test   
   at one of the specialized testing centers arranged by the   
   company, where the tests were fixed). The indictment states,   
   “Huffman forwarded the e-mail to CW-1 with the note, ‘Ruh Ro!   
   Looks like [my daughter’s high school] wants to provide own   
   proctor.’”   
      
   Another great detail: In one exchange between Huffman and CW-1,   
   CW-1 informs Huffman that the guy who took a standardized test   
   for Huffman’s older daughter had to reschedule because he had   
   just had a baby when her younger daughter was about to take the   
   test.   
      
   2,150 shares of Facebook paid for one scheme, then were written   
   off as charitable donation   
   In the indictment, a set of parents referred to as “the   
   Hillsborough Parents” apparently “donated 2,150 shares of   
   Facebook, Inc. stock to KWF as a purported charitable donation …   
   the Hillsborough Parents filed personal tax returns that falsely   
   reported total gifts to charity … a sum that included the   
   purported contribution to KWF.”   
      
   Benchwarmer, but make it convincing   
   In one email, a parent named Sloane was concerned that if their   
   child was recruited for athletics and went to practice, it would   
   become obvious that the child was “a clear misfit.” The parent   
   asked in an email to an employee of the company that organized   
   the scams,“Would the other kids know [my son] was a bench warmer   
   side door person?”   
      
   Photoshop was involved to make nonathletic kids appear athletic   
   Some cases involved Photoshopping pictures of kids playing   
   sports that they did not play. For example, one parent “e-mailed   
   CW-1 a photograph of his son purporting to play water polo, with   
   his right arm and upper torso exposed above the water line. In   
   the e-mail, Sloane asked, ‘Does this work??’ CW-1 responded:   
      
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