using relatives address to get into dcc high school
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Anonymous
| are there any repercussions? |
Anonymous
| They find out and kick you out. |
Anonymous
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No, no repercussions. It’s pretty common in MCPS. We have dozens of families at our ES/MS who do this.
MCPS even offers a Shared Housing form that is easy to fill out. MCPS doesn’t have the staff to investigate any of these cases, so plenty of people do it and get away with it. |
Anonymous
| Not everyone. I know people who lied and had to move to keep their kids in the school they wanted. |
Anonymous
| Why not rent in the district? |
Anonymous
Never happens. |
Anonymous
| I don't think MCPS enforces the way DC does for its top schools. DC made families pay a few years ago. |
Anonymous
| It’s fine if you are so entitled you think that rules don’t apply to you. |
Anonymous
You mean the rich schools. |
Anonymous
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OP if you can do it and get away with it, so be it.
We just moved out of MoCo and are paying renting an area for our kids to attend the strongest local Hs. My DD tells me at least 4 of her friends live in different areas, either with a COSA / parent working in the area or with false addresses |
Anonymous
I meant the magnets or application based schools like Duke Ellington or SWW. I don't know if they are called magnets in DC. |
Anonymous
| Blair? I think they are cracking down because they are very overcapacity next year. |
Anonymous
Really??? That would be something. People from DC, PG have been using relatives, friends' addresses to attend Blair ever since I was there in the early 90's. |
Anonymous
I doubt that PP is correct. Plus, with the shared housing form that MCPS provides, it is almost impossible to prove residency fraud. Someone from the school would have to follow the kid home to see where he actually lives (clearly not going to happen). |
Anonymous
+1000 
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