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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was overseas when I did the lottery and was told by DC MySchool that every school has a homeless liaison and if I was going to be in a hotel while looking for a DC rental I would technically be considered homeless. I ultimately didn’t get a lottery spot but was number 2 on a waitlist so I needed a backup plan prior to securing a rental.[/quote]

But op isn't homeless. She has a home not in DC [/quote]

If she is living in DC at the time of enrollment, even if she doesn't yet have a lease or permanent housing, the school will figure out how to enroll her. [/quote]
Maybe, but most desirable schools are going to enroll the folks who have the documents and then go to the waiting list to fill any gaps. Why should they bend rules or do extra work for op when there are DC residents, perhaps siblings of their current students, who will take the seat op won?[/quote]

1) If there's a sibling, they get priority already over OP. 2) If she applied and disclosed she didn't live in DC, she didn't get a slot for a school that has a waitlist. 3) Schools can't just opt out of dealing with students who don't have permanent addresses. If you live in DC, you have the right to enroll in a school in DC. The residency paperwork is one mechanism by which this eligibility can be confirmed, but it's the living in DC part which confers the eligibility. 
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You can enter the lottery with an address in bounds for where you hope to live, and that is obviously what op did because it's the only way she would have to prove ib residency to enroll her kids. If she didn't claim in bound preference, she would only have to show she lives somewhere in DC. Her lottery results are based on her being in bounds; there may be other in bounds families on the waiting list for pk, or oob siblings on the waiting list for any grade. [/quote]

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