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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our school I have noticed a large sense of entitlement by people that have roots in our neighborhood but no longer live there.  They believe their kids have a right to go to the neighborhood school because they went there or their mother/sibling/aunt/cousin lives in the neighborhood.  They could care less that they don't even live in DC anymore.  They're not even that shy about it.  The school knows who they are but as long as they submit some kind of paperwork that checks the residency box they don't care.  [/quote]

This. You don't get to go to a public school because your parent went there if you no longer live in boundary. I think part of this is because people who used to live there can't afford to live there now so there's a socio-economic and race lens to all this too. [/quote]

100%. Though one thing to keep in mind is that some of the long time DC residents who were pushed out by gentrifiers may actually still be home owners in DC.[b] They inherited and rent out a family home and live in a much bigger home in Maryland.[/b] I work for the DC government and hear this not infrequently. So short of doing actual home inspections, it's hard for school staff to question an actual deed or mortgage document.[/quote]

This is frequently suggested on these very boards as a smart way for high SES (presumably white) families to get into upper NW schools - buy a condo and live there for one year, then move, rent it out, and keep the address for in-bounds schooling.  Or, buy the condo for your parents/in-laws, and use the address for both residency and free after school care for your kids.  Rationale when confronted: the landlord is paying the property taxes, they deserve the in-boundary preference.  But somehow it bothers the same board of posters when the demographics are different.
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FWIW, I think it's pretty terrible in either situation, probably worse in the situation where a wealthy white family is purposefully manipulating the system to get into a school in UNW because they are abusing their privilege in addition to breaking the rules and also just generally being terrible.

I don't think you can assume that the same posters who are bothered by residency fraud are also unbothered by the scenario you outline above. I think a lot of us are bothered by both. The difference is that my kid does not attend one of the "highly regarded" DCPS schools in UNW. So I'm more likely to be vocal about the residency fraud at my IB DCPS, which I like but is not considered a desirable school by many on these boards. I think the residency fraud at our school inhibits our ability to invest in the school because it IS an elephant in the room and it makes it harder for us to come together as a community.[b] I actually wish there was just a legal way for people who want to do this to attend these schools, ideally by paying some form of tuition.[/b] I don't have an issue with there being kids from other areas at the school. I have an issue with people lying to attend our school and potentially taking spots away from IB kids.[/quote]

Actually, DC non-residents are legally permitted to attend DC schools if they are willing to pay tuition (~$14K/yr), provided a school has space.  There are several schools close to Maury with excess space, especially in the upper grades (e.g. JO Wilson, Miner, Payne).  So if these families would like a DC public education for their kids, it's easily available.  And, for that matter, even if they're unwilling to pay tuition, why not have the decency to enroll in a school with lots of excess space so as not to steal a slot from others (who may, in fact, be more hard up than residency cheats)? [/quote]

Parents can pay tuition but the money doesn’t go to the actual school. It stays at OSSE. So the school is educating a non-resident student at the expense of other students. [/quote]

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