Moved out of bounds for our DCPS elementary school...
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Anonymous
| and am wondering what happens next. DS is enrolled and will continue attending. If we're hoping for DS's step-sibling to also attend the same school in the 26-27 school year, will step-sibling be able to attend? I don't want to mention the school, but it's one of the preferred elementary schools in DC. Trying to figure out how this will play out. |
Anonymous
| Did you get in with lottery or because you were in bounds? If you didn't get in by lottery then you are not supposed to be attending. I don't know how it will play out in reality but in theory you are supposed to lose your seat. |
Anonymous
I thought they had the right to finish through the terminal year at the current school but lose feeder rights. Not sure how that impacts a sibling preference. |
Anonymous
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I have had tons of friends who moved out of boundary, I have too. And there was no issue finishing and continuing to the feeder school.
We even moved while enrolling to the feeder and the feeder said to use the old address until our paperwork is all done - utilities, new driver’s lisc |
Anonymous
I think it happens a lot, but technically that is not the policy. They make that pretty explicit: https://dcps.dc.gov/feederpatterns "Geographic feeder pattern rights do not extend to students who enroll as in-boundary students and then move out of the boundary or to students who have withdrawn from an out-of-boundary feeder pattern at any point." |
Anonymous
Oh wait never mind you're right. Terminal year and then this policy kicks in. Huh I never knew that!! |
Anonymous
But what happens to sibling. So they could be stuck going to two different schools? We did not move that far away, but with DC traffic.... |
Anonymous
| Make sure you don't inform your employer of your move so that your old address continues to be printed on your paychecks. Assuming you get direct deposit, the mailing address is meaningless for you to receive your paychecks. And a paycheck reflecting your in-boundary address is all you need to prove residency (and presumably your inboundary eligibility). Do not talk to friends about how you moved "out of boundary" |
Anonymous
You would get sibling preference in the lottery. I can’t remember if there’s IB sibling vs. OOB sibling categories. Kind of depends how many other siblings there are for that grade level. |
Anonymous
| There are OOB “Sibling Attending” and “Sibling Offered” categories so you’d lottery in using that and eventually probably get in. |
Anonymous
| wrong. unless they recently changed the policy (unlikely), you are fully allowed to move out of boundary and to have your child remain at the same/current school through the terminal grade. step sibling will get sibling preference in the lottery which should put them at the top of the list with a good chance of getting a seat. but you cannot enroll the step sibling oob mid-year of anything like that. |
Anonymous
| there is IB sibling and its a higher preference but its only for PreK. everyone IB has rights to enroll no lottery required starting in K so oob sibling becomes the highest preference k-5. |
Anonymous
You can if you do a late lottery application and there are spots. Unlikely for Pre-K but like the PP said K-5 sibling enrolled becomes the highest priority so very possible there. Some principals are also pro-sibling so if they know you are #1 on the wait list and you let them know, they may admit one off the waitlist where they otherwise may not have. |
Anonymous
| a late lottery application means now (after results to mid-summer). they arent taking anyone oob through the lottery after october. |
Anonymous
| If there’s a way to lie just do it. You’re not costing the city or anyone else any money. You’re not from outside of DC just the district. No harm no foul. |