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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe that happens much, or care if parents own a pricey in-boundary property they pay hefty tax on.  The school isn't all that crowded and there was a big drop in preschool applications from 2013 (72) to 2014 (43).

Parents have been know to rent small in-boundary apartments to furnish in-bound addresses, and use a friends' in-boundary addresses to register.  It's a small school community and fudging residency details gets complicated of course.  
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I have a different take about whether Brent is "all that crowded".  Brent is actually above capacity and has no classrooms to spare with the addition of a third class for K, 1, 2 & 3 in recent years (partially offset by the loss of a ECE class this year).  The language instructor had to give up her classroom and the music teacher was moved to a smaller classroom.  Something will have to give next year as several OOB students apparently were admitted for 3rd Grade and 60 rising 4th Graders will have to be shoehorned into two classrooms next year unless the art room is repurposed.  The facility is maxed out.  Try attending one of the many SRO events at the school.

[b]Last I checked, the documentation requirements are fairly robust and it is not simply a matter of using a friend's address --for example, driver's license, car registration, utility bills, etc.  Sounds like maybe you are on the outside looking in[/b]?[/quote]

Not on the outside.  In.  DCPS doesn't require a car registration document to register a child, or even a driver's license with an in-boundary address.   They want a paystub with an in-boundary address, and a single recent utility bill, or lease.  Look on the residency verification list on the web site.  Using the address of an amenable friend of relative, or a little apartment you don't live in, isn't all that hard to swing if you don't have moral qualms with it.

I don't understand why Principal Young lets any OOB students in these days.  No reason.

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