Can MD residents enter DC charter lottery?

[Anonymous]

OP, are you sincere in saying you'd move back to your DC rental unit? Dubious. Please know that DC residents are fed up with interlopers from across our borders and are happy to turn you in now that there is a hotline where tips can be supplied anonymously. So, yes, you can apply without living in DC but when enrollment is finalized you better be able to prove it and do so without coaching your child on lying about where he/she lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, non-residents can attend if they pay the tuition cost.

But you have to get in first!! There are thousands who live in DC who don't get in.

But there are also tens of thousands who did get into charters - including some out-of-state residents at charters paying tuition. Luck of the draw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you sincere in saying you'd move back to your DC rental unit? Dubious. Please know that DC residents are fed up with interlopers from across our borders and are happy to turn you in now that there is a hotline where tips can be supplied anonymously. So, yes, you can apply without living in DC but when enrollment is finalized you better be able to prove it and do so without coaching your child on lying about where he/she lives.

+1 Lying and cheating is no way to get anything, and are terrible things to teach to/model for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, non-residents can attend if they pay the tuition cost.

But you have to get in first!! There are thousands who live in DC who don't get in.

But there are also tens of thousands who did get into charters - including some out-of-state residents at charters paying tuition. Luck of the draw.

Wrong. You cannot just enter the lottery with a MD address and get a spot before a DC resident. Flat. out. lie.

[Anonymous]

To answer OPs question, yes you may enter the lottery while residing outside the district. Upon acceptance and enrollment you just provide proof of residency. I personally know of three families who did at YY. Actually, the Washington Post did a story on one of the parents who moved his family from Chicago once his son was offered a spot off the wait list. I know of another family that sold their home in Upper Marlboro and rented a house in DC until they found something to purchase two years later. I would think there are other stories out there like that.

[Anonymous]

You're not getting it. You have to be a resident when you enroll. Your child lives in DC and you have a DC address. As mentioned before, there are people who apply from out of state due to military orders, overseas work, whatever. As long as they are DC residents and have the right paperwork on enrollment day, I don't care if they apply from Mars.

[Anonymous]

OP indicated she will move if offered a spot. She and her child will be DC residents. No cheating involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, non-residents can attend if they pay the tuition cost.

But you have to get in first!! There are thousands who live in DC who don't get in.

But there are also tens of thousands who did get into charters - including some out-of-state residents at charters paying tuition. Luck of the draw.

You obviously aren't versed on the lottery rules. There are categories of preference for charters (just as there are for DCPS). First will be siblings of students already attending the school followed by DC residents. Considering the long wait lists for all the desirable charters the only way a non-resident is getting in is if that family was in at the school early (before it was popular) and it's a sibling getting a spot via preference. Otherwise, non-residents are likely cheating and NOT paying tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer OPs question, yes you may enter the lottery while residing outside the district. Upon acceptance and enrollment you just provide proof of residency. I personally know of three families who did at YY. Actually, the Washington Post did a story on one of the parents who moved his family from Chicago once his son was offered a spot off the wait list. I know of another family that sold their home in Upper Marlboro and rented a house in DC until they found something to purchase two years later. I would think there are other stories out there like that.

The question is: what address did the Chicago family use to apply? Did they tell the truth on the app, or use a DC addy and move quickly when they got in? And what year was this?

Bottom line: beware lying on your form. If your kid doesn't go home to and sleep at your application address most nights of the week/month/year, you risk getting booted. And DEFINITELY by enrollment time that's true. Simple as that. And believe it - almost all cheaters who get caught and booted thought they'd never get caught.

[Anonymous]

At our sought after charter, residency cheats get thrown out immediately. There was a child in my DC's K class who basically was gone during the middle of the school term. Very sweet girl, had attended preK at the school too. Found out they lived in MD and got caught. This happened after count day so her spot was not filled from the long waitlist. Lose lose for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our sought after charter, residency cheats get thrown out immediately. There was a child in my DC's K class who basically was gone during the middle of the school term. Very sweet girl, had attended preK at the school too. Found out they lived in MD and got caught. This happened after count day so her spot was not filled from the long waitlist. Lose lose for everyone.

You're still not getting it. You aren't a residency cheat if you live in DC at the time you enroll. OF COURSE children living in MD should get booted. That is not what the OP is asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer OPs question, yes you may enter the lottery while residing outside the district. Upon acceptance and enrollment you just provide proof of residency. I personally know of three families who did at YY. Actually, the Washington Post did a story on one of the parents who moved his family from Chicago once his son was offered a spot off the wait list. I know of another family that sold their home in Upper Marlboro and rented a house in DC until they found something to purchase two years later. I would think there are other stories out there like that.

The question is: what address did the Chicago family use to apply? Did they tell the truth on the app, or use a DC addy and move quickly when they got in? And what year was this?

Bottom line: beware lying on your form. If your kid doesn't go home to and sleep at your application address most nights of the week/month/year, you risk getting booted. And DEFINITELY by enrollment time that's true. Simple as that. And believe it - almost all cheaters who get caught and booted thought they'd never get caught.

+1. Also curious which yr b/c YY has really cracked down since last yr about residency including home visits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP indicated she will move if offered a spot. She and her child will be DC residents. No cheating involved.

Seriously, is there Percoset in the water supply today, or what? If OP puts an addy on her application that is NOT the addy her and her child currently live at, she is lying. And she is fooling the school into considering her a CURRENT DC resident along with all the other current DC residents for the DC Resident lottery.

OP is only not cheating if she and her family:
1) Apply with their MD Addy;
2) Move to DC and apply from their new home in their rental property; or
3) explain on their app that they're in the military, diplomats, or on work assignment elsewhere but maintain a DC addy that they'll be moving back to in August.

EVERYTHING ELSE is CHEATING.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP indicated she will move if offered a spot. She and her child will be DC residents. No cheating involved.

If she moves to DC by enrollment of course it's fine. Just skeptical they will REALLY do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP indicated she will move if offered a spot. She and her child will be DC residents. No cheating involved.

If she moves to DC by enrollment of course it's fine. Just skeptical they will REALLY do this.

Define "fine"? If they move to DC by enrollment it may be much less likely they'll be busted, but it's only "fine" if you see no problem in lying your way into consideration as a DC resident when you're not. And I don't think you realize just how serious investigations into application inaccuracies is about to get.

And if, as you suspect, OP never really moves, then you're right, that is likely to get OP totally busted.