Thanks for this post and point. I asked a similar question a few pages back. Nobody answered. The lack of clarity (to say the least) regarding the interface between DC tax law and DCPS rules on residency seems to be what's tripping us up here.

I've designated one District property I own as my primary residence, and DCPS residence, but sleep more often in another local property I own, which I pay tax on as a rental (I rent out a unit in it). I know of no law or even rule preventing this arrangement, which I largely keep to myself just in case those inclined to call DCPS hotlines decide to give my family a hard time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, and it's not even write it would have been WROTE.

You're right of course, it's wrote. I apologize for my typo. Love DCUM. More important that some random person made a typo than that a teacher made multiple grammatical errors.

Wait now. Don't stop there . 'That teacher' also might just be THE reason why we have bad schools. THE reason. Your editing and discernment abilities are amazing! THE reason. Wow! You might be holding the key to an urban education reform!

I don't mean to rain on the law breaking parade, but it seems odd that no one has yet to identify the law (or regulation, to the extent someone thinks there is a difference) that is being broken.

DCPS requires you to verify residency. It's a simple process. You show a lease and a utility bill. Where is this idea that you have to meet some other standards coming from? I've not been able to find anything that says you must actually live in that place for X number of days per year.

To the contrary, it seems like DCPS doesn't care if you maintain one, two, or three residences as long as one meets the verification criteria. I'm sorry to go all lawyer on this, but just because you keep asserting something is illegal doesn't make it so.

Maybe DCPS does have detailed regulations laying out a ten-part test used to assess primary residency...but someone needs to cite to it before I can take any of these liar/cheater claims seriously.

In the era of smartphones and autocorrect, focusing on people's grammar and not the content of what they are saying seems pretty pointless. It usually indicates you can't argue your point on its merits.

Anonymous wrote:Lol, and it's not even write it would have been WROTE.

You're right of course, it's wrote. I apologize for my typo. Love DCUM. More important that some random person made a typo than that a teacher made multiple grammatical errors.

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here, not OP and I'm real. What is so hard to believe? I work in DCPS, I see first hand what our district has to offer our kids. It's silly. You are going to force extended day on us, to reach the target of kids who need it. Heck no! You are going to mandate that teachers spend thirty minutes a day of phonics when half of my class are advanced readers? You are going to let untold violence to occur in the classrooms with no consequences because low suspension rates = higher principal evaluations? 25 year old administrators who are ill equipped for the job? Oh, and let's not forget some of the new proposed gerrymandered boundaries that will keep schools, like my current IB from ever having a chance at success.THIS is what the district is EOTP. And for those of you who think you'll turn around a school with blood, sweat, and tears. You won't. I've worked in those schools. You won't.
Being on the inside makes you realize there is no way in hell I'd put my kid in those schools. And we will live in a 1 bedroom, living room- whatever it takes to give my kid a fighting chance.
The fact you think I'm a troll shows just how out of touch you are.

I never call troll but I see why people would. 1st, who knew our city's teachers were so nasty? Thank goodness you won't ever be in my kids' classrooms. 2nd, you will probably say who cares about writing ability and grammar (punctuation, etc.) on a web forum, but if you are coming out here saying you're a teacher, you might consider looking over what you right. Specifically, you might consider your usage of commas (you use them unnecessarily in some places and omit necessary ones in others). Often times people use hyphens in phrases such as 25-year-old and ill-equipped. Another thought -- newLY proposed." 3rd, you haven't seen the success that has been achieved in some DCPS schools largely through the input, work, and, yes, blood, sweat, and tears of the parents? Have you visited Brent lately? Maury?

Anyway, I have no problem if you rent a place IB for a different school and live there while your kids go to school there. What does that matter? If you actually violate the rules of your employer and live IB for one school while claiming IB for another, I am horrified by your lack of integrity. I would expect better from a person who professes to guide children. However, maybe teachers like you are part of the reason many of our schools are so bad?

Lol, and it's not even write it would have been WROTE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here, not OP and I'm real. What is so hard to believe? I work in DCPS, I see first hand what our district has to offer our kids. It's silly. You are going to force extended day on us, to reach the target of kids who need it. Heck no! You are going to mandate that teachers spend thirty minutes a day of phonics when half of my class are advanced readers? You are going to let untold violence to occur in the classrooms with no consequences because low suspension rates = higher principal evaluations? 25 year old administrators who are ill equipped for the job? Oh, and let's not forget some of the new proposed gerrymandered boundaries that will keep schools, like my current IB from ever having a chance at success.THIS is what the district is EOTP. And for those of you who think you'll turn around a school with blood, sweat, and tears. You won't. I've worked in those schools. You won't.
Being on the inside makes you realize there is no way in hell I'd put my kid in those schools. And we will live in a 1 bedroom, living room- whatever it takes to give my kid a fighting chance.
The fact you think I'm a troll shows just how out of touch you are.

I never call troll but I see why people would. 1st, who knew our city's teachers were so nasty? Thank goodness you won't ever be in my kids' classrooms. 2nd, you will probably say who cares about writing ability and grammar (punctuation, etc.) on a web forum, but if you are coming out here saying you're a teacher, you might consider looking over what you right. Specifically, you might consider your usage of commas (you use them unnecessarily in some places and omit necessary ones in others). Often times people use hyphens in phrases such as 25-year-old and ill-equipped. Another thought -- newLY proposed." 3rd, you haven't seen the success that has been achieved in some DCPS schools largely through the input, work, and, yes, blood, sweat, and tears of the parents? Have you visited Brent lately? Maury?

Anyway, I have no problem if you rent a place IB for a different school and live there while your kids go to school there. What does that matter? If you actually violate the rules of your employer and live IB for one school while claiming IB for another, I am horrified by your lack of integrity. I would expect better from a person who professes to guide children. However, maybe teachers like you are part of the reason many of our schools are so bad?

I love when people criticize grammar without proofreading their own writing. Nice.

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here, not OP and I'm real. What is so hard to believe? I work in DCPS, I see first hand what our district has to offer our kids. It's silly. You are going to force extended day on us, to reach the target of kids who need it. Heck no! You are going to mandate that teachers spend thirty minutes a day of phonics when half of my class are advanced readers? You are going to let untold violence to occur in the classrooms with no consequences because low suspension rates = higher principal evaluations? 25 year old administrators who are ill equipped for the job? Oh, and let's not forget some of the new proposed gerrymandered boundaries that will keep schools, like my current IB from ever having a chance at success.THIS is what the district is EOTP. And for those of you who think you'll turn around a school with blood, sweat, and tears. You won't. I've worked in those schools. You won't.
Being on the inside makes you realize there is no way in hell I'd put my kid in those schools. And we will live in a 1 bedroom, living room- whatever it takes to give my kid a fighting chance.
The fact you think I'm a troll shows just how out of touch you are.

I never call troll but I see why people would. 1st, who knew our city's teachers were so nasty? Thank goodness you won't ever be in my kids' classrooms. 2nd, you will probably say who cares about writing ability and grammar (punctuation, etc.) on a web forum, but if you are coming out here saying you're a teacher, you might consider looking over what you right. Specifically, you might consider your usage of commas (you use them unnecessarily in some places and omit necessary ones in others). Often times people use hyphens in phrases such as 25-year-old and ill-equipped. Another thought -- newLY proposed." 3rd, you haven't seen the success that has been achieved in some DCPS schools largely through the input, work, and, yes, blood, sweat, and tears of the parents? Have you visited Brent lately? Maury?

Anyway, I have no problem if you rent a place IB for a different school and live there while your kids go to school there. What does that matter? If you actually violate the rules of your employer and live IB for one school while claiming IB for another, I am horrified by your lack of integrity. I would expect better from a person who professes to guide children. However, maybe teachers like you are part of the reason many of our schools are so bad?

[quote=Anonymous]And we will live in a 1 bedroom, living room- whatever it takes to give my kid a fighting chance. [/quote]

It's OK as long as you're REALLY living there, not pretending while living elsewhere.

Teacher here, not OP and I'm real. What is so hard to believe? I work in DCPS, I see first hand what our district has to offer our kids. It's silly. You are going to force extended day on us, to reach the target of kids who need it. Heck no! You are going to mandate that teachers spend thirty minutes a day of phonics when half of my class are advanced readers? You are going to let untold violence to occur in the classrooms with no consequences because low suspension rates = higher principal evaluations? 25 year old administrators who are ill equipped for the job? Oh, and let's not forget some of the new proposed gerrymandered boundaries that will keep schools, like my current IB from ever having a chance at success.THIS is what the district is EOTP. And for those of you who think you'll turn around a school with blood, sweat, and tears. You won't. I've worked in those schools. You won't.
Being on the inside makes you realize there is no way in hell I'd put my kid in those schools. And we will live in a 1 bedroom, living room- whatever it takes to give my kid a fighting chance.
The fact you think I'm a troll shows just how out of touch you are.

Anonymous wrote:I think the OP is a troll and just jerking everyone's chains, including mine. If you're going to commit fraud, you usually don't call attention to it and give personal details. Probably time for this thread to end....

+1. And if the supposed teacher is not OP, I call troll on that too.

I think the OP is a troll and just jerking everyone's chains, including mine. If you're going to commit fraud, you usually don't call attention to it and give personal details. Probably time for this thread to end....

Anonymous wrote:From the Residency Verification Form, "I certify, under the penalty of perjury, that I have personally reviewed the documents presented and affirm that the information represented above pertaining to other primary caregiver verification is true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief . . .Any person, including any District of Columbia public school or public charter school official, who knowingly supplies false information to a public official in connection with student residency verification shall be subject to charges of tuition retroactively, and payment of a fine of not more that $2000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, but not both fine and imprisonment, pursuant to the District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act, approved September 8, 1960 and amended by the District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter School
Student Residency Fraud Prevention Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Code §38-312). The case of any such person may be referred by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to the Office of
the Attorney General."

The District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act doesn't govern student assignment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its NOT fraud ladies. Its not. Its a creative way to get around our terrible school. We have two places we can live. When it comes time to send our kid to school- we are going to choose the 2nd location.

But you don't want to hear that.

You guys do not want to believe it, but at my previous school my principal sent her kids, who lived in Maryland to one of those JKLM schools. The principals knew about it, of course. It happens. You can huff and puff, but it happens ALL THE TIME.

Or better yet, spend your time trying to root us out through OOB play dates and the like.

It may happen all the time, but it's still fraud.

Your child is entitled to attend the school that is IB for the location in which he sleeps. That is how DC law is written.

Citation please? Of DC Code, not regulations. There's a difference between rules and laws.