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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Wow, OP has already admitted they don't live in the rental.  You ar basically instructing them on how to cheat, the bottom line of your post is that simple.  I guess I shouldn't be suprised, but it still bugs the crap out of me that someone will advertise ways to cheat the system even after someone has said they want to do the right thing.  You suck PP.  And karma, it isn't always instant, but it always gets ya.  Wonder what someone is going to cheat you out of down the line....[/quote]

OP does not live in the rental now.  People move across state lines for schools all the time, e.g., DC to MoCo and VA.

I'm not advising OP to cheat.  I'm advising OP to move to DC if the charter is that important.  I'm also suggesting that once OP's child is enrolled, OP might be able to move back to VA and keep the spot at the charter, at the cost of paying non-resident tuition.

There is no cheating involved. [/quote]

no, if you are 11:32 you are actually instructing OP how to cheat (something she expressly said she does not want to do). let's call things with their name. OP says that she owns a small, prekids 2bd home in DC, and that now she has 4 kids. she is obviously not thinking about moving back to the rented home, 6 people in 2bd.  and you are not telling her to move back to DC with her family (like in renting or buying a suitable home for a family of 6, where they can move for good). she would not need to turn to DCUM for this kind of obvious advice. she does not want to move her family back to DC, otherwise there would be no issue and no post.  it is right that people move across state lines all the time for schools, but they "really" move, like buying a home in Bethesda for MCPS for the entire family, not using the address of a place they do not live in. people who use fake addresses or temporary rooms subleased just to "establish residency" are cheaters.  what you are suggesting is first, to use an address where nobody in her family resides, and second, if the child gets a spot, to sublet a room somewhere where one of the parent can stay (or better pretend to live) just to establish residency, and then go back happily to Virginia, after (presumably) having taken a spot away from a DC resident kid. you are instructing her on how to cheat, have at least the decency of admitting it. (just to be clear, I have nothing against OP, actually I appreciate that she is being honest)[/quote]

We'll, PP, we just disagree.

If the charter is that important to OP, then OP should give serious thought to moving the family (or part of it) back into the 2br rental long enough to establish residency and secure a spot at the charter.  Once the spot has been secured, assuming the charter won't kick OP's child out for moving out of DC, OP can move the family back to VA.  However, OP or OP's spouse will have to continue paying DC income tax or OP will have to start paying non-resident tuition.

Note that either way OP would be paying for attending the charter over and above the property taxes that OP (or OP's tenant) is already paying .

[b]What you call cheating I call exploiting a potential loophole in the charter law.[/b]

Quite frankly, I don't event think that OP should have to move into that 2br rental temporarily.  Non-resident property owners serve an important role in the DC housing market.  They contribute to the stability of home values while increasing the stock of housing available to renters. I think that non-resident property owners should be given the same access to DC charter schools as residents, provided they pay non-resident tuition, of course, since they do not pay resident income taxes.

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Exploiting a loophole is cheating. Your mother raised you wrong, pp.
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