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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op again -- I should have said more...so I basically know that the mom targeted our neighborhood specifically because it is close to Metro (they don't have a car) and because the bus for the school has a stop in our neighborhood (which is specifically for magnet kids) so they should not be on the bus to be begin with. She wanted her kids to stay at the former school because they like the school and so they could stay with their friends.  BTW, the schools are the same (on paper, demo's, test scores) and her I"m not trying to be a hater -- I know it sounds like it -- and to be honest, if my kids weren't in this magnet, I might try to find a way to work them into a better neighboring school. BUT the influences on my kids aren't great.  Again, you'll say, that's life and it is.  But we've got a few years left of this and I'm less than inclined to let it slide if it's knowingly breaking the rules.  Sorry.  Not sorry.[/quote]

Setting aside any problems with these specific kids re: your own kids -- I'd still report this. It's so close to the end of the school year that I wouldn't do it right now (the school will be swamped with year-end administrative and testing stuff anyway) but I'd wait until kids were gone for the year, but while teachers/staff are still present for a few days, and at that point, report them. Possibly there's somewhere you can go online that will tell you where or how to report boundary violations.

However you report it, please leave out the details about how you don't like these kids personally. That means nothing to the school or the administration and would only make it look as if you have a personal agenda -- which you do. Keep it brief and to the point: You know this family once lived in the correct zone for the school, they have moved (give the new address) and the school might want to check whether the family is giving its old, in-zone address as its residence.

If  there are other reasons these kids ARE allowed to be at this school, which others have noted in other posts, you likely may never be told what those are; schools are tight-lipped about giving out information so do not expect to hear back about it if there's a reason.

You are right to report this. Families that send their kids to schools that are not their assigned schools are breaking the rules and sucking up resources. For special programs etc. it's fine for kids to be at a school that's not in-boundary, and that gets accounted for in planning for resources etc. Otherwise, parents are just gaming the system. Keeping kids with their friends is not a reason to break the rules.[/quote]

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