Moving out of Janney zone

[Anonymous]

One of the ways to help your plight of staying at the school, is to be an active parent within the school, PTA, school events. If the school is familiar with you and your helpful ways they will do everything to keep you. Also, your child must not a problem kid and you can't be a problem parent. This is how it works at my kid's school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:as a parent of a child in the same grade I will tell you straight out, if I knew you were OOB I would have no issue reporting you to DCPS. I do not care how much you volunteer, contribute, or if your child is my child's best friend.

Why? B/C all you need is a few of these situations to push the class size to unmangeable. I would much prefer my child to be in a class with 23 classmates than 27. [this is example #'s]. I would prefer for my child to be in a classroom as opposed to the demountable.

People cheating the system does have an impact on the rest of the school.

Is it really "cheating the system" if a family settles in a house, enrolls kids for a number of years in a school, and then moves to a house in the same school district but outside the school boundary. They would rather keep child in the same school for continuity, friendships, etc. The school actually loses funding by kicking this child out. It seems something less than cheating and you seem to have a rather harsh reaction.

Please. The schools where this is an issue have wait-lists a mile long. There's no funding impact at all.

[Anonymous]

So - because you had the means to establish yourself IB for Janney for a few years to get your child into a good school and then move to your dream house somewhere else - it is not cheating the system BUT if you out and out lie initially to get your child IB for a school it is?

It is interesting how people can convince themselves how the rules should be bent for their special circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So - because you had the means to establish yourself IB for Janney for a few years to get your child into a good school and then move to your dream house somewhere else - it is not cheating the system BUT if you out and out lie initially to get your child IB for a school it is?

It is interesting how people can convince themselves how the rules should be bent for their special circumstances.

Get off your high horse.

[Anonymous]

Are you still pay DC taxes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you still pay DC taxes?

I pay DC taxes, does that guarantee me to a spot in any school I want? No? I have to go through the OOB process? Oh. Why should the OP be any different?

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP. I would not give the approval if I were the principal. The OP is moving purely for convenience and only after a short time at the school no less.

[Anonymous]

There will always be people who get away with using the system, Principals have a lot of leeway in DCPS. Unlike at charter schools, once they have the waitlist in place you can just show up every day and ask if there's a space - they've been known to move for that.

On the other hand, there will always be families upset that you get to a big house (albeit in a neighborhood that's not convenient for the school) and still attend "their school."

Pick your poison, I suppose. Or pick one of the language immersion charters and avoid the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be people who get away with using the system, Principals have a lot of leeway in DCPS. Unlike at charter schools, once they have the waitlist in place you can just show up every day and ask if there's a space - they've been known to move for that.

On the other hand, there will always be families upset that you get to a big house (albeit in a neighborhood that's not convenient for the school) and still attend "their school."

Pick your poison, I suppose. Or pick one of the language immersion charters and avoid the whole thing.

like Yu Ying!!!!

[Anonymous]

Finishing off the year, or even that child finishing off in Janney seems reasonable -- though as others have said it's at Principal's discretion. Getting the younger ones in? I think many people would have a BIG problem with any Principal who allowed this and thus bummed K classes up to 27+ kids, for instance. Seems like it would be a ridiculous decision on a Principal's part if there are plenty of IB kids, which there are at Janney.

[Anonymous]

You guys are thinking too much into this when you do a residency check all they want to see is that you are paying DC taxes...the front desk is not looking at your address. If your enrolled your enrolled. You just have to show proof that you live in DC. And when you fill out the forms just put your new address in. Don;t use the ones they send home becuase they are pre-filled. Just print off a blank one from DC website and turn that one in. Easy!

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP, but as far as the other siblings you may have to do OOB with Sibling preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are thinking too much into this when you do a residency check all they want to see is that you are paying DC taxes...the front desk is not looking at your address. If your enrolled your enrolled. You just have to show proof that you live in DC. And when you fill out the forms just put your new address in. Don;t use the ones they send home becuase they are pre-filled. Just print off a blank one from DC website and turn that one in. Easy!

the front desk is looking at the address - but if you want to be the test case to prove differently - go ahead.

[Anonymous]

If your already a student and when it's time to fill out the forms why would they be looking at the address???? Like the PP said they are looking for DC taxes, utility bill, ID or what have you. My child who now is at Deal and went to Janney, during her 5 years there they just looked for the tax line on my pay stub. I was right in front of them when they did this.