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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved to MD mid-year. Our school knew. We just had to withdraw our child NOW, in a graduation year, because... DC is that illogical. OSSE doesn't pro-rate. Funding was done. We were taking no one's slot. If it hadn't been a graduation year, I would have moved the child. I didn't, because it seemed impractical for everyone (especially after funding was done for the year) to move a child for less than one year from a situation that was working for them. I actually liked the sound of the school in MD MORE... but the child was happy, it was only a few months, and it seemed best for all--including the child's classmates, for various reasons that those of you will take umbrage are too mean-spirited to understand.

Now, my attitude is the District can pretty much set itself on fire and I will laugh. Enjoy DeVos.

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Shorter PP:  "Rules are for thee, not for me."

My attitude is that the District is getting better every year - and the fact that PP left is proof.   :wink:   (And if she really didn't care, she wouldn't be reading DC threads.  You know what I don't do?  Read the threads about suburban nowhere that I don't live in.)   :lol: [/quote]

I dunno, PP. I'm not supportive of residency cheating in general, but the PP describes a situation in which they moved mid-year and her child was not being permitted to finish the school year. I don't think it's good for anyone to move kids mid-year if it can be avoided, and from a funding perspective, the funding for the year is already allocated. If the agreement with the school is "Child can finish the year but will not be counted towards next year's enrollment so as not to allocate funds for a child who doesn't live in DC" then that seems fine. I know plenty of people who have gone through this: they buy a house in a neighboring district mid-year (e.g., at the beginning of real estate season in March), and then their children finish out the current year at their DC school and start in MD/VA the following school year. None of them have had issues with this arrangement, and I can think of no reason why anyone should be upset about it.[/quote]

That's why that PP's story is a bit suspect. DCPS let you finish the year, as do many (perhaps all) charters. More likely they moved more than a year ago, and were being billed for back tuition. [/quote] NP here, and as a military brat who moved in the middle of the school year numerous times, it's not really that big of a deal.  And I was a really shy kid.  I can see your point about the funding though.[/quote]

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