Moving - continue attending old school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this really allowed and not considered boundary fraud? (Living within an area with the intent to secure placement). If you can’t afford to live in boundary, join all the others who own in areas with less than desirable IB school districts. If I found out a family was working the system like this, I’d more than give side-eye, I’d report them. Once you move out of bounds, you’re essentially taking a spot from someone else. OP, sorry, but I don’t know how what you’re trying to do isn’t boundary fraud and it shouldn’t be an encouraged practice.

Spoken like someone who’s never had to play the lottery or compromise on their children’s education.

More like someone who is a snob and entitled

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this really allowed and not considered boundary fraud? (Living within an area with the intent to secure placement). If you can’t afford to live in boundary, join all the others who own in areas with less than desirable IB school districts. If I found out a family was working the system like this, I’d more than give side-eye, I’d report them. Once you move out of bounds, you’re essentially taking a spot from someone else. OP, sorry, but I don’t know how what you’re trying to do isn’t boundary fraud and it shouldn’t be an encouraged practice.

Spoken like someone who’s never had to play the lottery or compromise on their children’s education.

More like someone who is a snob and entitled

Or like someone who follows the rules and models ethical behavior for their children.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Anyone else have recent experience, first or second hand, with staying at a school after moving out of bounds?

And to respond to PP, not interested in an ethical debate on DCUM, but if DCPS implemented a policy within the past few years that allows this, then it is following the rules and I don't think it's particularly unethical to take advantage of a policy when you've exhausted all of the other options (trying inbound schools, playing the lottery). If we could afford to move, we would. If we could will ourselves into a winning lottery number, we would. But we can't and it is what it is. We all want what's best for our kids, etc. etc.

[Anonymous]

the exception is if you move to maryland. then dcps doesnt care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the exception is if you move to maryland. then dcps doesnt care.

Ha! Yeah, we're not moving to MD and staying enrolled, or renting a studio and not actually moving in. We'd be doing everything by the book though I don't think DCPS would care much next year anyways. Bigger post-COVID fish to fry and all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Anyone else have recent experience, first or second hand, with staying at a school after moving out of bounds?

And to respond to PP, not interested in an ethical debate on DCUM, but if DCPS implemented a policy within the past few years that allows this, then it is following the rules and I don't think it's particularly unethical to take advantage of a policy when you've exhausted all of the other options (trying inbound schools, playing the lottery). If we could afford to move, we would. If we could will ourselves into a winning lottery number, we would. But we can't and it is what it is. We all want what's best for our kids, etc. etc.

If your kid is the upper grades, I wouldn't sweat it in continuing to attend the old school wherever you live. Have your mail forwarded from the old address -submit the postal form every six months for a year or two. DCPS doesn't like to have kids bouncing between schools. If your kid is below 3rd grade, I'd play by the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Anyone else have recent experience, first or second hand, with staying at a school after moving out of bounds?

And to respond to PP, not interested in an ethical debate on DCUM, but if DCPS implemented a policy within the past few years that allows this, then it is following the rules and I don't think it's particularly unethical to take advantage of a policy when you've exhausted all of the other options (trying inbound schools, playing the lottery). If we could afford to move, we would. If we could will ourselves into a winning lottery number, we would. But we can't and it is what it is. We all want what's best for our kids, etc. etc.

If your kid is the upper grades, I wouldn't sweat it in continuing to attend the old school wherever you live. Have your mail forwarded from the old address -submit the postal form every six months for a year or two. DCPS doesn't like to have kids bouncing between schools. If your kid is below 3rd grade, I'd play by the rules.

No, kid is in kinder now so this would be all of elementary. You actually have to report the change of address pretty quickly, and we wouldn't try to mess with mail forwarding and trying to pretend we're in a different physical location than where we would be. I'm going to call the school and actually confirm with the registrar, but I just doubt we'll be able to find an inbounds rental we'll be comfortable in for a few years. If we luck into one, then problem solved!