Can you rent a basement of a house and go to that local school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think part of the reason it is SO easy and commonplace to commit residency fraud in MCPS is because of all the special programs. There are so many kids attending different schools and being bused all over, that people are used to having kids at their school who do not live inbounds.

Also, like it or not, politically, MoCo is a Sanctuary county. You can agree or disagree with the politics, but my kids go to a school with a high population of kids from undocumented immigrant families. They often are very transient, moving around from home to home or living in ‘shared housing’ with no official lease, etc.

MCPS is required to accommodate these families. We have kids who show up, literally on the first day of school to attend. MCPS has to take them.

I say all that to explain that MCPS is not going to require these families to provide all these proof of residency documents, especially when there is often a language barrier.

You are mistaken. The schools absolutely do require parents to submit these documents. There is a “shared housing” form for when you do not have an official lease, and mcps has an extensive pool of translators. It’s a large system full of professionals. Enrolling children in school is an actual process. No, they do not simply write down their name on the first day of school and escort them down to a teacher.

Actually, no. You are mistaken.

This happens often at our school. Kids show up on the first day of school, or even one or two days later. Kids get taken to a classroom. Interpreter explains to the parent that there are certain forms that need to be filled out and returned to the school. Sometimes those forms get filled out. Sometimes they do not. Nobody kicks the kids out either way (that would be cruel!).

So, some kids do attend school, and yet MCPS has no idea where they live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the reason it is SO easy and commonplace to commit residency fraud in MCPS is because of all the special programs. There are so many kids attending different schools and being bused all over, that people are used to having kids at their school who do not live inbounds.

Also, like it or not, politically, MoCo is a Sanctuary county. You can agree or disagree with the politics, but my kids go to a school with a high population of kids from undocumented immigrant families. They often are very transient, moving around from home to home or living in ‘shared housing’ with no official lease, etc.

MCPS is required to accommodate these families. We have kids who show up, literally on the first day of school to attend. MCPS has to take them.

I say all that to explain that MCPS is not going to require these families to provide all these proof of residency documents, especially when there is often a language barrier.

You are mistaken. The schools absolutely do require parents to submit these documents. There is a “shared housing” form for when you do not have an official lease, and mcps has an extensive pool of translators. It’s a large system full of professionals. Enrolling children in school is an actual process. No, they do not simply write down their name on the first day of school and escort them down to a teacher.

Does the school system deny education from kids on the grounds of missing paperwork?
Legally every kid has to go to school, either private, or home school if parents so request.
Are there kids who are denied enrollment?

I ask because years ago we moved back home and had lived with my grandma before my parents found accomodation. It took a few months

This is true. The school system is required to enroll all students. Kids are not denied enrollment.

We are at a school with a highly transient population. They absolutely accept kids on the spot and walk them to class. We have a lady who speaks Spanish and does exactly that. Meets the parents on the first day and gets the kids into school.

Are there kids that do not go to school because enrollment was denied?
Do they just stay at home for an extra year, find work as cleaners or what?

Has anyone missed a year of school because of this and had to start again a year later?
Redshirting on the basis of living situation!

Exactly. MCPS is not denying anyone enrollment. School secretaries have enough to do as it is. They might send out a reminder for parents to submit certain forms, but the kids who don't have the appropriate forms aren't getting kicked out of MCPS.

Remember the Rockville HS case? MCPS freely admitted that they had no idea where one of the suspects lived. They had no address of record for him at all.