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[quote=Anonymous]The vague language in the rules obviously provides broad scope for interpretation, e.g. stay for "dwell for a continuous period of time."

I see two major problems here: 1) lack of political will to prevent and prosecute boundary cheating, and, 2) the considerable skill, determination and resources boundary cheaters can and will bring to creatively interpret, or even bypass, rules.

In our EotP neighborhood, where real estate values have skyrocketed in recent years, it's not uncommon for early gentrifiers to trade up to bigger houses. Parents often keep small property #1 for school enrollment, quietly subletting the place to friends or relatives, then live in house #2, which is larger.  DCPC leaves these longtime neighborhood families alone rather than play games of wack-a-mole with them, knowing that they can jump between local properties.

You have to pick your battles as a school system leader. As long as rampant out of state residency cheating is widespread in the District, and dozens of public schools fail, the lesser problem of boundary cheating is very unlikely to be addressed.[/quote]

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