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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it helps you feel better, OP, poor families do it as much, and probably more, than UMC ones. Residency fraud is rampant in DC because we have such close neighbors and porous borders, and not just in schools. [/quote]

Boundary fraud is completely different from residency fraud.[/quote]

Yeah, except people do both. UMC use a condo or investment property, lower class use a friend or relative. If you’re going to take a stand, then do it consistently.[/quote]

If someone pays taxes in DC and owns/rents multiple residences in DC, I have no problem with them picking one as their IB school. I also don’t have a problem with a DC resident who uses a DC family member caretaker (grandma/grandpa)‘s address for an IB address. I think residency fraud is different hill of beans. [/quote]

Well, unfortunately for you, that's not a distinction you are entitled to make. Residency fraud and boundary fraud may be different, but they both violate DCPS policy and should be treated as equally as such.

If all DCPS schools were equally well staffed and funded, maybe the district (and people like me) would have no problem with a family choosing which residence to use for there IB. But they aren't, not even close. Boundary fraud is no different than the scandals we've seen where officials bypass the lottery to get their kids into sought after schools. The only difference is the prominence of the offender. Either way, you are violating the rules.[/quote]

OK, so report alleged offenders via the tips hotline.  Fact is, you don't get to decide who's violating the rules.  The reality is that if a family owns multiple DC properties, is paid up on their DC tax and isn't obviously renting out either property, OSSE doesn't give a hoot.  Pretty clearly, they've got their hands full identifying and busting residency fraudsters who don't pay DC tax.  If you don't like this, lobby the politicians for "the rules" to be more strictly enforced.  Don't come here bitching about parents violating the rules.  It's a pointless exercise.

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