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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People do this but unless you are going to actually reside in the condo, you are gaming the system, i.e., cheating. [/quote]

Yes, it's called residency fraud. WOTP schools are already overcrowded, we don't need cheaters.[/quote]

And when the WOTP classmate's families figure this out, you will be turned in for sure.[/quote]

Indeed, I would absolutely report this. We either have a neighborhood school model or we don't. It's not fair to anyone.[/quote]

Honestly, there's zero way for you to know. They will just tell you they previously lived in the boundary and were grandfathered into it, which DCPS has clarified is totally allowable. They can tell you one thing and be registered with DCPS in another manner.

OP: your best bet is to live in the boundary for the first year or two and then move elsewhere. DCPS has clarified that you retain full feeder rights to the original school. It's a crazy policy, but that's how the rules are enforced.

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And by "move elsewhere," I mean move elsewhere within the District. [/quote]

Total BS.  If you are trying to get into one of the high demand WOTP like Janney, Murch, Lafayette - we all know where people live.  We know who cheats.  I'm sure they have been reported because most of them are gone now.  Do you want your kids to have to lie to their classmates/friends?  Honestly?

And it is NOT true that you retain full feeder rights if you move.  At all.  In fact it is the opposite.  Can you sometimes game the system -yes?  I know people who have done it for elementary but the principal only allows it if they are in bounds for Deal already.[/quote]

NP and this is false.  The new rules state if you attend your IB from K up to 12, you can move within the city and are grandfathered into that school.  It doesn't even state how long you need to have lived there before moving.
https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY17-18%20Enrollment%20and%20Lottery%20Handbook5317.pdf
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[i]If a family moves out of boundary during the school year, the student maintains the right to attend their current school through the terminal grade, and can continue to attend schools in the feeder pattern of the original school.3 They also have a right to attend their in-boundary school.[/i]

It's a recipe for overcrowding if you ask me but those are the rules.[/quote]

Does this also apply to Pre-K?  As in if I sent my child to pre-k then I can move and my child can continue pre-k and then elementary school? [/quote]

I think so. Why wouldn't it? Frankly, I'd live in-bounds for the pre-K years since I'd want to make the commute as short as possible and I'd want my child to make a solid set of friends. Then once they are a bit older and established, move to a bigger/nicer house in 16th St Heights or Brookland.[/quote]

The policy specifies it is for K-12 so pp would need to find another loophole or cheat to continue in a school after moving in PK4 (not that either appears challenging at this point)[/quote]

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