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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recommend perusing the DCPS website or giving them a call to find out for certain. You never know. There could be some loophole many don't know about. I doubt a person doing this illegally would speak openly about it, claiming that it's all above board. Everyone knows residency fraud is a real thing in DC, and there have been articles about families being sued because of it. Anyone (knowingly) doing it does so in a hush-hush manner.[/quote]

This was my thought.  I was surprised to hear her say she did this, and she's not a cheat the system kind of person.  She implied that it happens across the city, so I wonder if it is a small loophole or[b] "unofficial" loophole that DCPS turns a blind eye to[/b].  Just curious if others had heard of such a thing.  I don't actually think it's a terrible thing to give DC government employees (who actually are DC residents of course) this kind of perk for government service, especially if it's just limited to the school in-bounds to their office.[/quote]

You get very bad behavior with rules like this.  I am making this up - but I have seen examples like I am presenting with my work:
Every police officer gets a transfer to the Idaho Ave location when they have a child entering PreK (IB for Eaton)  OR when their child is entering 9th grade
Every EMS, Fire Department employee gets stationed near a desirable school for a period of time

It is very difficult to administer the plan - what happens when the parent gets transferred?  Quits?   
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Are you high?  "Unofficial loophole" is another way of saying "cheating" "graft" "corruption" and all the other words that make DC such a laughingstock.[/quote]

Yes - remember those married police officers (some of the very few to get charged with residency fraud) who lived in PG or someplace yet enrolled their kids at Eaton, Deal and Wilson?  They reportedly would drive their private auto to the Second District and then transport their kids to school in a police cruiser.  [/quote]

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