Accepting lottery spot without DC residency?
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Anonymous
Yes, you must show you live in bounds to register as an inbounds student and you must show you live somewhere in DC to register for out of bounds, boundary free, or charter schools. |
Anonymous
Register isn’t the same as accepting though. OP may be able to accept without registering right away. |
Anonymous
Our school required both DC Residency docs and Proof of Age to accept our OOB lottery spot. The DC Health forms could be submitted later, but the others were non-negotiable to enroll. It's a school with very long waitlists for every grade, so unclear if that impacts their process. OP needs to call the school and check on their process. |
Anonymous
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I don't know how it works, but you can pay to attend DC schools if you don't live in DC.
Not sure if that applies in this situation where you just pay for the first year until you secure residence. |
Anonymous
Residents get priority. You can't pay for a school unless it has slots. That you plan to move to DC would not affect that. |
Anonymous
This. A school with demand is going to require the paperwork to enroll. No way are they going to accept that the kid is a DC resident and OP is exhibit A of why not. |
Anonymous
| We did something similar, moving to DC in August to take a waitlist spot that just opened up. You have to move quickly but it’s doable. You get a lease for the shortest timeframe you can, we did six months; then get renter’s insurance asap. After that, get a DC driver’s license using the lease and the renter’s insurance. The prove residency with the lease and the driver’s license. And yes, you also should move into the short term spot while you figure out your long term home. |
Anonymous
| OP here: Wow - ok. I thought we just needed to secure a lease by this date and could send all other types of proof in before day 1 of school. Sounds like there's no way we will be able to do this. |
Anonymous
Here's the info: https://osse.dc.gov/node/1129801 Seems like you're going to need two of three, not all three (but still hard): Lease Utility bill plus proof of payment DC Drivers license |
Anonymous
OP says they were given a slot even though they were clear they don't live in DC. Doesn't that mean the school has slots? |
Anonymous
| OP, I did this successfully. I used my office address when I did the lottery. Then, once my child was offered a spot, I found a rental in DC with a lease starting in May. Then, I immediately changed my address at work so that my April 30th pay stub had my new DC address. Went to school on April 30th and used the paystub to prove residency. Then moved in and changed driver's license, etc. after I had already enrolled. Worked perfectly for our family. We stayed in that rental home for four years before buying a home in DC and my kids are still in DC schools with no issues. It definitely can be done but you do need to secure a place to live ASAP. |
Anonymous
Once you have the lease and renter’s insurance you can start the driver’s license process. So you do still have time, but you’d need to be lining that all up very quickly right now. If you don’t want to move that fast, that’s understandable, but would mean giving up the spot. |
Anonymous
| Click clack-click clack, king of the click clack is going to get the kids into a not horrible school. Come on no snake eyes. |
Anonymous
Yeah that is not my question. My question is whether you have to show all the paperwork when you accept, or just before the first day of school. |
Anonymous
Probably? This says that's how it works: https://dcps.dc.gov/page/non-resident-school-enrollment |