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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People may lie, but it's not as simple as writing down a different address.  You really do have to jump through a lot of hoops.  To prove your residency, you need either a property tax bill in your name, or to fill out a shared housing form saying you live with someone else or rent space at the address, along with three separate documents to match your name to the address--driver's license, phone bill, utility bill, etc.  Or you have to prove that the person at that address (grandma, uncle) has primary custody of the child, with custody agreement paperwork.  I have no idea how you'd make that one up.

So yes, it is possible to lie, but you'd have to change at least three bills at the address to your name, which could lead to more problems.  It's not something most people would do lightly.

I think people just don't realize how common COSAs are, and automatically assume everyone's a boundary cheater or liar.[/quote]

NP here.  IME, this isn't exactly true.  It's pretty easy to use another person's address.

My DD has three friends in her 3rd grade class who live OOB.  None of them live or rent space at the address, etc.  We know all the families pretty well, and none of them hide the fact that they live OOB.  And, I know for a fact that NONE of them have a true COSA.

One of them uses a grandparent address.  The grandparent absolutely does NOT have custody.

Another one uses a cousin's address.

The third uses a friend's address.

Meanwhile, my friend who is a teacher in MCPS, applied for a true COSA to get her kid to attend the school where she teaches, and was denied.  WTF?

Sure, in the grand scheme of things, it's not a huge deal.  On one hand, you figure these families must value education to lie in order to get their kids into a different (perceived as 'better') school.  But, our school is definitely overcrowded, with several portables, and big class sizes.

Why bother with boundaries then?  Just let any student in MCPS pick which school he/she wants to attend.  
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