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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally know a child who was removed from their school this year for "boundary fraud." It was bizarre because the child was actually living in-boundary, but the home belonged to relatives.

So, there is enforcement, and sometimes over-enforcement. [/quote]
This makes no sense. I rent. Will my children be thrown out of school? What are you trying to stir up here, PP?[/quote]

If you read the policy that someone posted, the Shared Housing documentation seems to require proof that the parent/guardian actually shares housing with the homeowner/renter, not that the child does.  I mean, it says parent/guardian or "eligible student" but I don't know how a student would have the additional documentation needed - a utility bill? bank statements? - that they require to prove residence.  So if, for example, the child actually lives with the grandparents M-F, and the parents live elsewhere, then the student is "residing" in-boundary, certainly just as much as the child of divorced parents only one of whom lives within the boundary, but they may not have the documentation for the "Shared Housing" section of the policy.  Maybe that is what happened to the child PP knows?  The policy does not seem to accommodate children living apart from a parent/guardian without a formal transfer of guardianship.  A child could actually be living with grandparents or an aunt/uncle full-time or part-time and it would be hard to establish that residency in a way that satisfies the policy.

Also, I think the policy may define "resides" as doing it for some reason other than to send the kid to that particular school (it's been a while since I read the whole thing).  So if the child is living with grandparents/other family in order to go to that school, even if the child is actually living there, I guess they might be able to boot them for residency fraud?  Not sure about that.[/quote]

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