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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience they are using the address of a grandparent or close family member who is willing to put their name on a bill or affiliate themselves with the address even though they don't live there.

One of my DD's friends flat out told me she lives in MD but her aunt and cousin live in DC so its ok for her to go to school in DC too.  [/quote]

My DH grew up in the area and knows a lot of people who went to DC schools like this.  But there is a second category of people who own rental properties in the city (or in-bounds for a particular school in the city) and live elsewhere and use that address to get their kids into their preferred school.  I have noticed that on this board the first is treated as an unforgivable crime and the second is seen as something the parents should be entitled to do.  Both are boundary fraud.[/quote]

I don't think either one is forgivable (and [b]I disagree that DCUM posters think the latter is OK[/b]- if you posted here that you wanted to use your rental to be in bounds for Oyster or Ross while you lived elsewhere in DC people would crucify you).  But there is certainly a difference between the two- the former is enrollment fraud because the family is not paying DC taxes and is using resources intended for DC residents.  The latter is boundary fraud so not as much of an issue financially as DC is still collecting taxes.[/quote]

I have 100% seen threads where people talk about using the address of their rental to get in to a JKLM school and no they were not crucified.  In fact, I have seen it proposed as a solution to families that cannot afford Ward 3 - buy a condo and rent it out and use that as your address, get a bigger house somewhere in Ward 5.  The reasoning is something along the lines of "you're paying taxes" but it boils down to "I could see myself doing this, but not using my grandma's address."  In one thread a family was advised to buy the grandma a condo on Connecticut so she could provide aftercare, have the kid sleep there a couple of nights a year and say it's their residence.  Not materially different than a parent in PG county using Grandma's house address, but somehow, for some very obvious reason, MUCH WORSE.[/quote]

Wow, I think the condo on Connecticut iis actually a great idea from an elder care and childcare perspective.

But if course, it is fraud, so it would be wrong to do that.  Remember that couple that committed fraud....they had to pay hundreds of thousands in fees and fines.

I think it also puts a great deal of pressure on the children.  Have to cover up every day.

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Residency fraud, if you get caught, will cost you thousands of dollars.

No one has ever been prosecuted for boundary fraud. If caught you are made to enroll in your neighborhood school.

And no, I"m not condoning it, never did it, kids attended charters. But when we first moved to our EOTP neighborhood 20 years ago a neighbor offered to 'let us in our their school address' when our kids were school age. There was a small apartment WOTP that 5 families collectively paid rent for, and used the address for school enrollment purposes. Just FYI - all were white families who lived in NW, NE and Capitol Hill. [/quote]

I would suspect there are more white parents fudging their addresses in DC than all the PG parents combined. It is just easier to yell at black people. [/quote]
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This impression is because this board is dominated by WOTP issues. Boundary fraud is an issue at the 15 schools that feed Wilson. Residency fraud can be an issue at any of the 200 or so other schools.[/quote]

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