Can students pay tuition to attend APS schools?

[Anonymous]

I would like to move to Fairfax but keep my child in her APS school. Can I pay tuition and keep her there?

[Anonymous]

LOL. Good one.

You can pay "tuition" by keeping your Arlington home in addition to your fairfax home.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately no.

[Anonymous]

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to move to Fairfax but keep my child in her APS school. Can I pay tuition and keep her there?

Let me guess – it’s a lottery school?

[Anonymous]

The PIP is linked here. https://www.apsva.us/student-services/residency/ As of 2017 you could

[Anonymous]

You can call the APS's front desk and ask. Given that they will start kicking out 5th and 8th graders who are not Arlington residents next year, I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can call the APS's front desk and ask. Given that they will start kicking out 5th and 8th graders who are not Arlington residents next year, I wouldn't hold my breath.

They aren’t kicking them out. They are assisting them to enroll in the school district where they reside.

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would you want to?

You can in Falls Church City but I want to say it was $17k when we looked into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you want to?

You can in Falls Church City but I want to say it was $17k when we looked into it.

Maybe they figure the odds would be better for the TJHSST lottery from APS. Or they work in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you want to?

You can in Falls Church City but I want to say it was $17k when we looked into it.

You pick the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you want to?

You can in Falls Church City but I want to say it was $17k when we looked into it.

You pick the school?

Have you looked at FCC? There’s only one school for each level. No you don’t get to pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can call the APS's front desk and ask. Given that they will start kicking out 5th and 8th graders who are not Arlington residents next year, I wouldn't hold my breath.

They aren’t kicking them out. They are assisting them to enroll in the school district where they reside.

Which this poster wants to get around by moving, but still keeping their child in APS. A more definitive answer will come from APS, not anonymous posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you want to?

You can in Falls Church City but I want to say it was $17k when we looked into it.

You pick the school?

Have you looked at FCC? There’s only one school for each level. No you don’t get to pick.

Well, they want to go to a better school than FCPS, so why would they look at Falls Church City?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can call the APS's front desk and ask. Given that they will start kicking out 5th and 8th graders who are not Arlington residents next year, I wouldn't hold my breath.

They aren’t kicking them out. They are assisting them to enroll in the school district where they reside.

Which this poster wants to get around by moving, but still keeping their child in APS. A more definitive answer will come from APS, not anonymous posters.

These aren’t even close to the same issue. OP wants to pay for her child to attend APS if they move. The kids who are getting unenrolled got a free ride here. Since I don’t see any indication that they will be asking the parents to pay back the tuition, it’s not the same at all.