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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My "neighborhood school, " a mile from one of our two Hill properties, is more than 75% OOB. The DCPS where I send my kids (we enroll using the address of a property we let relatives stay in) is less than 1/3 OOB.  The school we use is across the street from the property where we sleep most nights.

Call us hypocrites for defining our beloved hood of 25 years on our terms, vs. those of a DCPS bureaucrats who drew school boundaries lines in 1960s.

We know of half a dozen other families in the school community owning multiple properties locally who've made similar arrangements. I'm aware that a couple have been investigated over the years, after fellow parents called the fraud hotline. They're still in the school.

Few local high SES parents here seem to have much faith in DCPS. Hardly anybody plans to stay in the system for MS. Lack of respect for system leaders and their rules shapes our thinking about residency. There's little trust, and hardly any buy-in past ES. We'll be in charters and privates from 6th grade.

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It's less of an issue for a school with significant OOB that's not in high demand.  It's worse when people cheat to go to high-demand schools, pushing out people who play by the rules (eg, lottery) and contributing to overcrowding.[/quote]

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