Non DC Resident - Interested in attnding DCPS High School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, to above PPs.

I can see someone paying for Ellington since that is unique to the entire DMV.

Also, know of PG families that work in the District sending kids to DCPS…admittedly, they don’t pay and some get busted.

Ellington isn't unique. Other counties have Arts high schools

[Anonymous]

Realistically, as long as 1 parent rents IB for a chosen school, changes residency status and is able to provide the needed paperwork, does it matter if you are sleeping there every night? This is provided you don't sublet but I would think you are legally inbounds if you do that. Probably more expensive than paying for out of state tuition but it would give you more options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Realistically, as long as 1 parent rents IB for a chosen school, changes residency status and is able to provide the needed paperwork, does it matter if you are sleeping there every night? This is provided you don't sublet but I would think you are legally inbounds if you do that. Probably more expensive than paying for out of state tuition but it would give you more options.

WRong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, to above PPs.

I can see someone paying for Ellington since that is unique to the entire DMV.

Also, know of PG families that work in the District sending kids to DCPS…admittedly, they don’t pay and some get busted.

Ellington isn't unique. Other counties have Arts high schools

MCPS does not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PG county high schools are pretty atrocious by and large. Is it really so hard to fathom why someone would want to do this?

But PG also has a decent number of private schools, including less expensive parochial schools, that would charge about the same in tuition as attending a DCPS from outside the district. Why wouldn't you just do that? Other than Ellington which as an audition process and a unique offering, I can't think of a school in DC that it would be possible to get a lottery spot at and that would be worth the tuition. You could pay the same and go to a perfectly acceptable charter closer to where you live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Realistically, as long as 1 parent rents IB for a chosen school, changes residency status and is able to provide the needed paperwork, does it matter if you are sleeping there every night? This is provided you don't sublet but I would think you are legally inbounds if you do that. Probably more expensive than paying for out of state tuition but it would give you more options.

WRong.

How so? If you are legally renting in bounds. Lease, car registration, utilities etc and no one else can claim that address except for you how would that not be considered your residence? I am pretty sure it would be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Realistically, as long as 1 parent rents IB for a chosen school, changes residency status and is able to provide the needed paperwork, does it matter if you are sleeping there every night? This is provided you don't sublet but I would think you are legally inbounds if you do that. Probably more expensive than paying for out of state tuition but it would give you more options.

WRong.

How so? If you are legally renting in bounds. Lease, car registration, utilities etc and no one else can claim that address except for you how would that not be considered your residence? I am pretty sure it would be.

You're wrong. If you're not sleeping there, it's not your residence. If you're asking if you'll get caught, that's a different question, but if that's not your residence, ie where you AND THE CHILD (unless you're divorced and one parent lives in DC) *sleep*, you're committing residency fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, to above PPs.

I can see someone paying for Ellington since that is unique to the entire DMV.

Also, know of PG families that work in the District sending kids to DCPS…admittedly, they don’t pay and some get busted.

Ellington isn't unique. Other counties have Arts high schools

MCPS does not.

Did I say they did? PP said Ellington is unique. It isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know families who pay to attend Duke Ellington. 10th grade is a tough entry year, but not impossible.

Yes but that doesn’t sound like OP, who seems to not have info about DCPS high schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with this? Any advice to give to set me straight and/or get me started?

Go to My School DC and create an account: https://www.myschooldc.org/
Enter the child's information

Put the schools you are interested in enrolling in in ranked order.
Note - some charter high schools do not accept students after 9th grade

Here is another link to find out what schools (both charter and DCPS) have 10th grade:
https://find.myschooldc.org/?selGrades=10

What happens is DC residents are given priority in the lottery. After DC residents fill the seats, if there are open seats, you can enroll and pay tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, to above PPs.

I can see someone paying for Ellington since that is unique to the entire DMV.

Also, know of PG families that work in the District sending kids to DCPS…admittedly, they don’t pay and some get busted.

Ellington isn't unique. Other counties have Arts high schools

What are they? Literally, have never heard of a MoCo or NoVA dedicated arts HS like Ellington.

[Anonymous]

It's pretty unlikely at the application schools...maybe McKinley tech. You can look at the my school dc website for data on admission for 10th grade. And there have to be no DC students on the wait list before you can pay tuition. Ellington has some sort of exemption from this so is the best bet if your kid is artsy. For dcps non magnet schools, again there would have to be no wait-list and that seems unlikely at macarthur or Jackson Reed. Not sure how it works at charters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, to above PPs.

I can see someone paying for Ellington since that is unique to the entire DMV.

Also, know of PG families that work in the District sending kids to DCPS…admittedly, they don’t pay and some get busted.

Ellington isn't unique. Other counties have Arts high schools

What are they? Literally, have never heard of a MoCo or NoVA dedicated arts HS like Ellington.

PG, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Washington County. Probably others but those are the ones I know of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Realistically, as long as 1 parent rents IB for a chosen school, changes residency status and is able to provide the needed paperwork, does it matter if you are sleeping there every night? This is provided you don't sublet but I would think you are legally inbounds if you do that. Probably more expensive than paying for out of state tuition but it would give you more options.

WRong.

How so? If you are legally renting in bounds. Lease, car registration, utilities etc and no one else can claim that address except for you how would that not be considered your residence? I am pretty sure it would be.

You're wrong. If you're not sleeping there, it's not your residence. If you're asking if you'll get caught, that's a different question, but if that's not your residence, ie where you AND THE CHILD (unless you're divorced and one parent lives in DC) *sleep*, you're committing residency fraud.

Show the rules that say the *child* has to sleep there. They don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, to above PPs.

I can see someone paying for Ellington since that is unique to the entire DMV.

Also, know of PG families that work in the District sending kids to DCPS…admittedly, they don’t pay and some get busted.

Ellington isn't unique. Other counties have Arts high schools

What are they? Literally, have never heard of a MoCo or NoVA dedicated arts HS like Ellington.

PG, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Washington County. Probably others but those are the ones I know of.

What are the schools? Those are counties.

I doubt any are considered equal to Ellington for kids that may want to work professionally direct from HS.