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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husbands very educated, upper middle class coworker mentioned after last lottery that her child was #1 on the WL for a sought after school. She lives in MD and just said, yeah, its an out-of-bounds lottery, so I applied. I actually called the school to ensure she was removed from the list and the woman was none the wiser.

If nothing else, listen, find out what their results are when the time comes, and call the schools and report them if they have a decent spot. They will not have a clue that you reported anything, because any good school will appreciate the information and take seriously.[/quote]

Presumably you were positive that this person was not planning to move to DC if her child got in from the waitlist before you reported her.  It seems perfectly fair to apply and see if you get in and then move.  Especially if the charter you want is so tough to get into.  I could understand people doing it the other way around for the great science/math school in Fairfax (is it TJ? Don't remember the name) where the acceptance rate is very low.  We have decided to stay in DC because of Basis, even though for us it is a sacrifice lifestyle wise because we were looking at houses in Montgomery County and the kind of house we want and could afford just is not within our reach here.

When we were in Janney/Mann/Key etc DCPS elementary school we had a couple of kids who did not return the following year because they did not live in DC, and were told by one family that the principal had discovered that they were not DC residents at some point.  They were allowed to finish out the year but were not allowed to come back.  This was a few years ago but although I don't know how the school learned of the "fraud" , the family was treated very nicely and the child was not uprooted in the middle of the school year.

Even though there are only a few spaces for OOB at this elementary school, I would consider fraud in a charter that goes all the way through high school and has a lottery and a wait list a much more serious infraction because it is free and may determine where your child goes to college in addition to what kind of education s/he gets from 5th to 12th grade.

We would have moved from Md to DC for Basis, but only if we got in and there was a sibling preference (there is), and since the lottery does not depend on where you live in DC I think there is no excuse that people cannot afford to move to DC etc.  We would have given up our big house in Montgomery County, and I still wish we had more money and could move up in DC. But we are staying here for Basis, and we know one family who moved to DC for Basis this year.  Parents make a lot of sacrifices for their children's education, whether it is moving to a better neighborhood but a smaller house, or moving across state lines.

However, I think parents are perfectly within their rights to wait to see if their kid gets into Washington Latin, for example, before uprooting their entire family by having to move into the city and give up a good elementary school for their younger kids, their house, and neighborhood  for just the possibility of getting in to the charter they want when they are in Md or VA.  And I think it goes both ways.

And I remember people on the wait list for Washington Latin who waited and waited and waited, and did not get in.  And I think that will be true at Basis in a few years for a certain type of kid.  But I don't think you should have to live here before you apply because you may already be in a good situation somewhere else (we were thinking Pyle/Whitman).  It ought to be perfectly permissible to move over the summer if your child gets in.[/quote]

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