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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no problem with any DC resident who lives anywhere in the city and paying DC taxes renting a studio anywhere for the local schools.  There’s a big difference between residency fraud—claiming to be a DC resident when you’re not—and boundary “fraud.”  All DC residents should have the right to as good a DC education as any other.  [/quote]

I do have a problem with it, as it ultimately actually makes quality education LESS acceptable to all kids. It means people who are willing to cheat and lie (yes, claiming an address you do not live at on your enrollment forms is lying) can access better schools than people who follow the rules. It also means some schools become overcrowded and are less likely to offer lottery spots that would allow someone to access the school without cheating, because their inbound numbers are artificially inflated. It also offers an out to people who live in bounds for schools that could be a lot better with more investment from the neighborhood. I'm not someone who thinks parents have any obligation to send their kids to their boundary school, but if you strike out in the lottery and don't want to move, that's a built-in incentive to give your neighborhood school a try, which can lead to long term improvement at the school (something I've personally witnessed).

There is no point in even having a lottery or boundary system if the attitude us that people should all just be allowed to lie to circumvent it.[/quote]

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