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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We wouldn't live there.  I know you are [b]technically[/b] not supposed to do this, but have people gotten caught? We can't afford to buy in our targeted district.  [/quote]

By "technically" do you mean "legally"? Because when you register your kid for a DCPS school you need to state your address (your actual RESIDENCE) and sign. There is legal language stating the fines/penalities for falsely signing. You should look into how technical you need to be. Think it through.

From the residency verification form:

Penalty for False Information:
Any person, including any District of Columbia public school or public charter school official, who knowingly supplies false information to a public official
in connection with student residency verification shall be subject to charges of tuition retroactively, and payment of a fine of not more than $2,000 or
imprisonment for not more than 90 days, but not both fine and imprisonment, pursuant to the District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act, approved
September 8, 1960 and amended by the District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter School Student Residency Fraud Prevention Amendment
Act of 2012 (D.C. Co

http://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/COS_DCResidenVerifiForm_2015%20%281%29.pdf[/quote]

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