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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Proof of residency at our charter can be a payroll stub showing DC taxes withheld.  Not sure why something like a payroll stub, DC tax form or property tax statement isn't asked for as proof of residency.[/quote]

It's not just your charter, all schools in DC use same documents.  A payroll stub is very easy to cheat. [b] Property taxes don't prove you live at property. [/b] The requirement needs to be US or DC tax transcript (not a 1040 you print from turbo tax) but a free transcript from the IRS for all working parents.  Of course something else for unemployed.  This needs to be done in addition to mid year site visits for anyone called into question.  This is now the requirement for college financial aid offices.  You either auto populate your IRS info via the fafsa application or you provide IRS tax transcript.  This was finally changed at the college level when they realized the amount of fraud being done via turbo tax fake tax returns to fake in state addresses and lower income to qualify for more aid.[/quote]

Who cares if a parent "lives at property" if they're paying both DC income and property tax?   What's the issue there?  What does live mean anyway - only the FBI can know where all family members sleep every night.  As long as kids enrolled in DCPS or DC Charter have parents who own or rent in a school district, and pay all the relevant taxes and get school mail at an IB address for IB enrollment, no quibble whatsoever.  It's the true MD scofflaws who pay zip that I can't stand.  School systems can't legally demand tax transcripts, only the IRS can, but they can, and should, demand more documentation than DC does.  Tell your ward reps if you want higher documentation standards for IB enrollment, we've done that.

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