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Principal's answer is bizarre, probably based on regs, but bizarre! [/quote]

Not the principal, but I doubt anyone really checks.  However, there are reasons for this.  It probably applies to more than just custody issues:  people trying to say the child is living with the grandparents, when the child really is not, for example.  Or saying the child is living with the dad so he can go to a different school--when he is really living with the mom.
There is another issue, too.  This is a really disruptive schedule for a child.  Spending one night with one parent and the next with the other or one week here and one week there during the school term is just not a good idea.  Who signs the papers?  Who makes the decisions?  Who supervises the homework?  Which house has the child's stuff.  The teacher does not even know who is in charge.  And, the child does not either.

It is one thing to switch off occasionally. Switching off daily--or even weekly is a terrible idea.  Kids need security.  How would you like switching houses every other week?  Let the other parent take the kid out for dinner and spend time with him in the evenings--but kid needs to have a home.

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