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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am still confused by the premise of this. Who schemes to get INTO DC schools? People who live in PG county?[/quote]

The temptation should be obvious for any parent who works downtown-ish, with moderate income, whose school district in Md or Va does not offer free preschool (age 3) or free preK.  Think of the literally thousands that family would save in babysitting or daycare costs over a two-year period.

And to your unstated point, it's not as if 4 yr olds are preparing for SATs, getting knifed in the stairwell or sitting among 14-yr old mothers with 2 kids already.  Stakes are quite low in earliest years. [/quote]

I didn't understand that this was really a bid for free babysitting. I thought we were talking academics here. People FLEE DCPS, not flock to them, so that was the source of my confusion.[/quote]

Actually, if you are up on the local news and trends, people of higher SES aren't FLEEING DCPS; just the opposite: they are flocking towards DCPS and DCPCS - and actually staying for more years of elementary than ever before.  DC's schools offer more choice and better offerings than those in PG county and people are using relatives' and employers' addresses and other means to secure a spot for their children in the DC schools.[/quote]

+1 Agree. I know of a lady that had both of her girls in DCPS school and was using her parent's address, but she and her daughter's lived in Maryland. 
It made it easier for her to pick up her children after school because she worked in DC. She played the system for years. 
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