question about fcps schools boundary

[Anonymous]

we own 2 houses, the one that we primarily live in feeds into Westfield hs and the other one that is rented out feeds into Oakton.
are we allowed to send our kids to Oakton even though we don't live in the house that is in that boundary?

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no

Succinct, and accurate

[Anonymous]

You could kick out your renters and move back to the other house. Then your kids could go to Oakton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could kick out your renters and move back to the other house. Then your kids could go to Oakton.

But moving is stressful. It's much better to pass along her values to her children and cheat. That way they'll think it's expected to cheat at school and other areas, too.

[Anonymous]

How is it cheating? She owns and pays Fairfax County property taxes for both houses. Cite the code section that prohibits it. A school “policy” is not the same as law.

[Anonymous]

If it's not cheating then wouldn't the OP just call the school or the central office and ask this question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is it cheating? She owns and pays Fairfax County property taxes for both houses. Cite the code section that prohibits it. A school “policy” is not the same as law.

Tell that to the school when they kick out your kids for residency fraud.

[Anonymous]

For school, residence is determined by where your child lives (sleeps).

[Anonymous]

This is a fair question. Property taxes paid to support 2 schools should give the property owner the choice of schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For school, residence is determined by where your child lives (sleeps).

What if divorced parents have joint custody and kids sleep at both houses equally? Do parents get to choose which school the kids attend if parents are in different school boundaries?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a fair question. Property taxes paid to support 2 schools should give the property owner the choice of schools.

No, since she rents it out and could be renting to another family. You can't have double the amount of families in one school district and that could happen if landlords plus tenants claim residency.

We own commercial property in one district and a house in another district. Should we be able to choose where we send our children? No. One clearly is not our residence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a fair question. Property taxes paid to support 2 schools should give the property owner the choice of schools.

No. That would let people with more money game the system by buying houses in which they never intend to live, just do they can get their kids into certain schools. If your child does not actually reside within the boundary for a school, your child cannot attend that school. Families with homes in more than one school boundary need to go live in the home that is within boundary for the desired school. You can plead taxes and property ownership all you want; the school systems and states won't agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a fair question. Property taxes paid to support 2 schools should give the property owner the choice of schools.

I agree. And I’m still waiting on someone to cite a Code section on the “students attend where they sleep” policy. Policy does not equal law. If it’s not in the Code, the policy is BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a fair question. Property taxes paid to support 2 schools should give the property owner the choice of schools.

I agree. And I’m still waiting on someone to cite a Code section on the “students attend where they sleep” policy. Policy does not equal law. If it’s not in the Code, the policy is BS.

What? They will kick out the kids if caught, but their parents won't go to jail.