Accepting lottery spot without DC residency?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe to enter the lottery rather than say you intend to move in boundary, dc should be forced to submit residency docs like at enrollment. This would mostly apply to PK3 and PK4, right?

It sounds like OP wasn’t skirting the system. But for the two years where IB is so critical, current residents and taxpayers should get first dibs.

That would dissuade a lot of DC resident families from entering the lottery. I don't think the system now is broken. Either op will become a DC resident in bounds for her matched school before the deadline, or the school will go to someone on its waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here:

We entered the lottery with full transparency that we live out of DC, using our our of state address, but checked the box that we would intend to move in boundary by the time of enrollment.

That sounds pretty straightforward then -- you need to rent something in boundary before May 1st.

OP wants her cake and to eat it too. She checked she will move IB but said above she wants to live OOB due to housing cost/supply.

So she is trying to look for something to “rent” IB for a few months and then what, look for housing OOB but was given IB preference in the lottery.

Yea, for enrollment, even if she find an apt, it is not sufficient. She will lose the spot and I hope it will go to a family that truly lives IB. If none, on the waitlist, then whoever is #1 that is actually a DC resident.

[Anonymous]

Your best bet is to secure an apartment in the next two weeks; move there; and request a home visit as proof of residency. You had better have that apartment all set up and lived in by the time they get around to doing home visits in the summer. Otherwise, there is so much residency fraud. Please do not add to it!

[Anonymous]

OP - you are missing the easiest way to prove residency - update your pay stub. You will need to pay DC taxes and that's the important part. But that is probably faster to do than renting an apt, getting license updated, car insurance updated, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you are missing the easiest way to prove residency - update your pay stub. You will need to pay DC taxes and that's the important part. But that is probably faster to do than renting an apt, getting license updated, car insurance updated, etc.

The state where op lives will still want income tax from her while she is living there. If she files a part year resident return for 2026 it will ask when she left the state, and they can ask for proof. Op, don't do tax fraud just to get your kid into a DC school. And also don't do voter fraud...if you become a DC resident, don't vote in the primaries happening now in lots of states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you are missing the easiest way to prove residency - update your pay stub. You will need to pay DC taxes and that's the important part. But that is probably faster to do than renting an apt, getting license updated, car insurance updated, etc.

Great so you want OP commit not only boundary fraud but also residency fraud.

What just pick an IB address of some stranger.

Unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

There's an international family at our school who enrolled with IB address using a temporary corporate rental. Their oldest was in my kid's K class and they had a younger kid in PK3.

They pretty quickly moved OOB after the school year started, buying a big house on the Gold Coast. They definitely knew how to play the system.

[Anonymous]

OP - what address did you put on your lottery application? The lottery form requires an address!