Accepting lottery spot without DC residency?

[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]

Anonymous wrote: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.

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]

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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?

Probably? This says that's how it works: https://dcps.dc.gov/page/non-resident-school-enrollment

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

I answered above. Our DCPS school required the DC residency paperwork and proof of age to accept our lottery spot and enroll. Wasn’t hard for us since we were just OOB, but it was very clear and firm in their communications. Health forms could come later. Might vary school to school, but I assume OP’s is a desirable school with a longer waitlist like ours and therefore would have a similar process.

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items complated.

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items complated.

Yeah but you forgot “accept.” I believe that there are some schools that will require the residency proof to accept the spot, but that doesn’t mean they all do. Some schools allow you to accept first and do the paperwork later.

FWIW I stopped turning in medical forms years ago in DCPS and nobody ever said anything. I don’t think I ever did a dental form.

[Anonymous]

Call the school and find out the date that you need to prove residency to register. If you're nervous about outing yourself as not being a full resident of DC then say you will be out of town a lot of the summer and want to make sure you don't miss the date. Or just say that you're moving and need to know the date so you can have your documentation in hand. Then you'll know how much time you have.

Note that to prove residency you need to go to the school and provide documentation - a DC address and options for various ways to prove your address - a utility bill in your name at that address, a DC drivers license, a passport with your DC address, etc. You absolutely can't fake it unless you go to ridiculous and illegal lengths. I don't recall this time as being immediately after accepting a spot, but it's definitely before school starts. It's likely that different charters and DCPS have different dates for this so it's perfectly valid to call and ask.

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items complated.

Yeah but you forgot “accept.” I believe that there are some schools that will require the residency proof to accept the spot, but that doesn’t mean they all do. Some schools allow you to accept first and do the paperwork later.

FWIW I stopped turning in medical forms years ago in DCPS and nobody ever said anything. I don’t think I ever did a dental form.

In our experience accepting a lottery spot (for a school that is routinely mentioned here as a top 5 or so), there was zero difference between accepting and enrolling. It was one and the same. And on the day they did the tour and took paperwork, they turned away people who didn’t have it and told them they needed to return with everything, and it must be done before the fast approaching deadline. As noted it probably varies wildly school to school, but it was clear as day with ours that if you would not be accepting a spot without proper residency docs and proof of age.

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items completed.

In my experience - the charters / application HS did not differentiate "accepting" the lottery spot and enrolling.

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items completed.

In my experience - the charters / application HS did not differentiate "accepting" the lottery spot and enrolling.

Same here, at DCPS. I don't think there's a difference between accepting and enrolling in DC schools. They're the same. Enrolling is how you accept.

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items completed.

In my experience - the charters / application HS did not differentiate "accepting" the lottery spot and enrolling.

Same here, at DCPS. I don't think there's a difference between accepting and enrolling in DC schools. They're the same. Enrolling is how you accept.

The distinction is that -
not everyone who enrolls need to "accept" lottery spot -
but everyone who accepts lottery spot does so through enrollment

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Anonymous wrote:Yea, I don’t see how OP is going to pull this together and have appropriate documentation because she doesn’t even live in the city.

Do you actually have to show all the paperwork when you accept?

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.

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.

To enroll / register - you need to show paperwork that you are a resident.

To go to school - you need to show paperwork that you have the required dental / medical items completed.

In my experience - the charters / application HS did not differentiate "accepting" the lottery spot and enrolling.

Same here, at DCPS. I don't think there's a difference between accepting and enrolling in DC schools. They're the same. Enrolling is how you accept.

The distinction is that -
not everyone who enrolls need to "accept" lottery spot -
but everyone who accepts lottery spot does so through enrollment

PP here.

Sure, sure. What I mean, is, there's no such thing as "accept" separate from enrolling. You want to accept a seat? You need to enroll.

[Anonymous]

So you want to know how you can cheat a dc resident out of a spot? Nice.