Can a DC resident pay for their child(ren) to attend a MD public school?

[Anonymous]

Can a DC resident pay for their child(ren) to attend a MD public school?

[Anonymous]

You do not need to pay! Find someone who lives in MCPS that you can trust and ask to use their address. We have so many people who do this at our ES and MS. Much easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do not need to pay! Find someone who lives in MCPS that you can trust and ask to use their address. We have so many people who do this at our ES and MS. Much easier.

People here sometimes say this, but I don’t think it’s possible when you have to provide your property tax statement to prove residency.

[Anonymous]

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/agenda/2011-12/2012-0625/3.3.3%20Tuition%20Nonresident%20Students.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do not need to pay! Find someone who lives in MCPS that you can trust and ask to use their address. We have so many people who do this at our ES and MS. Much easier.

You know people go to jail for this, right? Why go through a bunch of drama to find the wrong to do it when you can just as easily do it the right way?

[Anonymous]

“The only non-resident students who will be considered for admission to Montgomery County Schools are children of year-long contracted employees of MCPS.”

http://www.mcps.org/parents/transfer_requests

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can a DC resident pay for their child(ren) to attend a MD public school?

Yes possible, but not common. Hill family @ our school works in MoCo & pays for child to attend MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do not need to pay! Find someone who lives in MCPS that you can trust and ask to use their address. We have so many people who do this at our ES and MS. Much easier.

You know people go to jail for this, right? Why go through a bunch of drama to find the wrong to do it when you can just as easily do it the right way?

Because it is cheaper!

Our ES/MS have never asked for a property tax document. Not all people own in MoCo (not even close!).

MCPS has to accept all students that show up. This has been discussed before. That is how undocumented children attend schools. There is no way they will deny a kid admission to a school because there are no tax documents.

Families who do this sometimes do get a utility bill sent to the zoned address. Utility bills are enough.

[Anonymous]

It’s fraud. I work in MCPS and we’ve caught people doing this and kicked the kid out of the school mid year. Do you want to run that risk?

[Anonymous]

If you want to go to an MCPS school, then move here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s fraud. I work in MCPS and we’ve caught people doing this and kicked the kid out of the school mid year. Do you want to run that risk?

How often do you catch people? Very very rare to get caught. Families have done this for years without consequence.

MCPS does not have the resources or the ability to enforce residency requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s fraud. I work in MCPS and we’ve caught people doing this and kicked the kid out of the school mid year. Do you want to run that risk?

How often do you catch people? Very very rare to get caught. Families have done this for years without consequence.

MCPS does not have the resources or the ability to enforce residency requirements.

Actually if you read today's WaPo-we have a whole lot of people working on this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/stop-enrollment-fraud-dc-school-officials-are-often-the-ones-committing-it/2018/04/16/03b816c0-3ce7-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.31ab34d29013

In neighboring Montgomery County, Md., where the public school system has almost twice as many students as the District, a spokesman said 52 employees spend at least part of their time on residency investigations. Last fiscal year, the system investigated 225 residency claims and found 135 of those families lived outside the county.
In Virginia’s Fairfax County, the school district’s central office employs 15 attendance officers whose duties include investigating residency fraud. A spokesman said fewer than 100 students were found to be living outside Fairfax County each year for the past eight years.

The District currently has a single investigator responsible for all residency fraud cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“The only non-resident students who will be considered for admission to Montgomery County Schools are children of year-long contracted employees of MCPS.”

http://www.mcps.org/parents/transfer_requests

That link is from another school system. Here is the relevant form for MCPS in Maryland:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/forms/detail.aspx?formID=506&formNumber=335-73&catID=2&subCatId=0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s fraud. I work in MCPS and we’ve caught people doing this and kicked the kid out of the school mid year. Do you want to run that risk?

How often do you catch people? Very very rare to get caught. Families have done this for years without consequence.

MCPS does not have the resources or the ability to enforce residency requirements.

Actually if you read today's WaPo-we have a whole lot of people working on this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/stop-enrollment-fraud-dc-school-officials-are-often-the-ones-committing-it/2018/04/16/03b816c0-3ce7-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.31ab34d29013

In neighboring Montgomery County, Md., where the public school system has almost twice as many students as the District, a spokesman said 52 employees spend at least part of their time on residency investigations. Last fiscal year, the system investigated 225 residency claims and found 135 of those families lived outside the county.
In Virginia’s Fairfax County, the school district’s central office employs 15 attendance officers whose duties include investigating residency fraud. A spokesman said fewer than 100 students were found to be living outside Fairfax County each year for the past eight years.

The District currently has a single investigator responsible for all residency fraud cases.

52 people devoted to residency cheating with 225 cases a year? Would be nice to have some of those central office staff dedicated to actually working directly with our students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s fraud. I work in MCPS and we’ve caught people doing this and kicked the kid out of the school mid year. Do you want to run that risk?

How often do you catch people? Very very rare to get caught. Families have done this for years without consequence.

MCPS does not have the resources or the ability to enforce residency requirements.

Actually if you read today's WaPo-we have a whole lot of people working on this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/stop-enrollment-fraud-dc-school-officials-are-often-the-ones-committing-it/2018/04/16/03b816c0-3ce7-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.31ab34d29013

In neighboring Montgomery County, Md., where the public school system has almost twice as many students as the District, a spokesman said 52 employees spend at least part of their time on residency investigations. Last fiscal year, the system investigated 225 residency claims and found 135 of those families lived outside the county.
In Virginia’s Fairfax County, the school district’s central office employs 15 attendance officers whose duties include investigating residency fraud. A spokesman said fewer than 100 students were found to be living outside Fairfax County each year for the past eight years.

The District currently has a single investigator responsible for all residency fraud cases.

52 people devoted to residency cheating with 225 cases a year? Would be nice to have some of those central office staff dedicated to actually working directly with our students.

Sigh. 52 people working on the cases part of their time. As always, mcps is damned if they do, damned if they don't. OP, the answer is yes, you can pay. Pls don't commit fraud as one of the PPs suggested. It's unethical and you can get in trouble. Not to mention, it's easy for people to find the truth anyway especially once your kid starts talking to their friends at birthday parties or at the playground that he lives in DC.