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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At work the other day, at lunch with 2 of the staff people there. One recently moved to Virginia and is applying her child to one of the best dc charters. The other life's in Maryland and was talking about relatives who drive all the way into dcps for the great services they get. She is planning to do the same with her kids. Both are pretty new to the area and I'm sure don't have dc relatives.
They were talking about it like it was such a given-not hiding It in the least. 
Is it this easy? How do they get away with it? I'm a DC resident and my kids are in dcps. 
[/quote] It used to be like that back in the day, as in pre-2007. But things have changed a lot. If they were talking about young children, I can see how folks might think it was still a good idea because there is no public PS3/PK4 outside the District. But I doubt the services in DC are "great" other than being free. The co-workers may not have any overt desire to cheat. They may just be working off of old information and hearsay. Or maybe they know people at schools with a history of looking the other way at addresses like some, not all, near PG County border.

If it were me, also a DCPS parent, the next time it comes up in conversation, I would probably say something like "oh, so you are planning on paying out of state tuition? I heard that nowadays it is something like $10,000 to go to a DC public or charter while living outside the city. The fine for cheating is now $2,000 plus tuition. Supposedly jail time too, but that hasn't happened. Yet."  (chew, chew, chew, wait silently)

Your colleagues might find it helpful to get up to date information from an actual DC parent. [/quote]

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