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Yes, and I get that for some people like yourself, there are legitimate reasons; but we can't ignore the high proportion of families who take on COSAs just for the sake of putting their children in a more desirable school. This happens a lot.[/quote]

How do you know that the majority of families only get COSAs to put their kids in a "better" school?[/quote]

Not the PP, but who cares what the reason is??  I also know of about a dozen families who live out of boundary at our ES.  How is childcare a valid excuse when most of the schools have some sort of aftercare option?  Or families can hire a sitter.  We've been at our ES for 5 years now so we have gotten to know these families pretty well.  They're pretty up front about living out of boundary.  It's no big secret.

How about kids go to the school that they are zone for unless it's for a special program.  End of story.  [/quote]

Poor MCPS. When they're flexible, that's bad. When they're inflexible, that's bad too.

[b]How do the out-of-boundary kids at your school affect you?[/b][/quote]

Our school is insanely overcrowded.  There are portables all over the play area in the back, so the blacktop is pretty much totally covered.  They ran out of classrooms this year, so they had to take over the computer lab to use it for a classroom.  The kids get smooshed together into one classroom for indoor recess because there are only a limited number of aides.  I can go on and on and on.  It affects ALL the kids when the school is overcrowded.

If you feel that it's a non issue, then please tell us which ES your kid goes to.  Maybe we can send all our COSAs over your way.   :roll: [/quote]

PP which school are you at?[/quote]

Not the PP but it is pretty well known that for some reason College Gardens and Barnsley seem to attract a very large number of kids who do not live in boundary.  Some are with COSAs (due to siblings from Immerion or the HGC) and many families use a false address and don't bother applying for the COSA - they just attend illegally.[/quote]

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