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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Technically fraud, but as a taxpayer, I wouldn't really take much issue with it.  You're paying taxes.  [/quote]

Where's the fraud?  The rules on DCPS residency don't state that a child has to sleep somewhere a certain % of the nights in the year to have by-right access to an in-boundary school.  That's the case is some upscale jurisdictions, e.g, tony suburbs of Boston and NYC, but not in DC. 
Residency in DC is all about residency docs and where one rents, owns and pays taxes.  No lease holder, family property, no fraud.  [/quote]

The fraud is lying on the paperwork.  If you do that, under D.C. Code §38-312 you could be subject to a fine or imprisonment because you're knowingly supplying false information "in connection with student residency verification."  You may try to argue that your intent was only to commit boundary fraud, but you're submitting a fake address and documents on the form used for residency verification.  
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This.  You're committing perjury on your residency verification forms.  You might actually have residency in DC at a different address, but you're still listing a false address.

Also, it will be a big hassle--your address has to match on all your residency documents, including drivers license (which means all the documents that you use to demonstrate a change of address on your DL have to match, too), paystub, DC tax returns, etc.  [/quote]

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