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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where I live in Richmond, I've heard of people being caught doing this.

One family had enrolled in the wrong elementary school because a dishonest realtor put a more desirable elementary school on the listing, and for some reason the school secretary accepted this when they enrolled their child 5+ years ago. When they showed up to enroll the sibling, things had changed and they were informed both children would need to go to their zoned school. (They actually didn't know they were committing fraud because they were new to the area and not plugged into school politics.)

Another family moved out of a more desirable zone and tried to use their old address to enroll one child in middle school and their new address to enroll a younger child in elementary. The system flagged them for having two kids in supposedly different addresses and the middle schooler was unenrolled.

But they only represent a fraction of the people I've known who have used old addresses they now rent out or even a friend's address to enroll their kids in the wrong school. It seems people only get caught when freshly enrolling. I've never heard of anyone informing the school.

I do think it's morally wrong to use a false address to enroll your child, but I understand the fear that you'll ask permission and be denied. If you are enrolling your child in a less desirable school or opening up space at a more crowded school, I suppose it mitigates it a bit (but also increases the likelihood you could do it on the up and up), but I still wouldn't be comfortable doing it myself. I don't want to teach my kid to consider herself above the rules.[/quote]

I just hope there are big fines and hard time for these cheaters.[/quote]

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