Anonymous wrote:Is this really allowed and not considered boundary fraud? (Living within an area with the intent to secure placement). If you can’t afford to live in boundary, join all the others who own in areas with less than desirable IB school districts. If I found out a family was working the system like this, I’d more than give side-eye, I’d report them. Once you move out of bounds, you’re essentially taking a spot from someone else. OP, sorry, but I don’t know how what you’re trying to do isn’t boundary fraud and it shouldn’t be an encouraged practice.

Anonymous wrote:Is this really allowed and not considered boundary fraud? (Living within an area with the intent to secure placement). If you can’t afford to live in boundary, join all the others who own in areas with less than desirable IB school districts. If I found out a family was working the system like this, I’d more than give side-eye, I’d report them. Once you move out of bounds, you’re essentially taking a spot from someone else. OP, sorry, but I don’t know how what you’re trying to do isn’t boundary fraud and it shouldn’t be an encouraged practice.

Anonymous wrote:Is this really allowed and not considered boundary fraud? (Living within an area with the intent to secure placement). If you can’t afford to live in boundary, join all the others who own in areas with less than desirable IB school districts. If I found out a family was working the system like this, I’d more than give side-eye, I’d report them. Once you move out of bounds, you’re essentially taking a spot from someone else. OP, sorry, but I don’t know how what you’re trying to do isn’t boundary fraud and it shouldn’t be an encouraged practice.

Anonymous wrote:We did it 6 years ago. We moved 2 blocks away and the elementary school boundary changed. Middle school and high school stayed the same. We are thinking about moving again withing few blocks of our current home. We have been in our IB school now for 3 years and would show paperwork for year #4 before selling and moving.We know another family in our class who did it with no problem. We might ask next school year before selling and moving. I don't see why they would not let as stay as the child is in good standing, several classmates have left for privates and we are only moving within 5 block radius.
PP, can you rent IB for 2 years at minimum? How overcrowded is the new school? Trailers everywhere?

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS changes this literally every year, as far as I can tell.

From 19-20 handbook:

Where a PK-12 student has been attending an in-boundary school and then moves out of boundary (a transfer due to change of address) 2, the student has the right to attend their new in-boundary school. The student may also continue to attend the current school through the end of the school’s terminal grade. After the terminal grade, the student has the right to attend the in-boundary school assigned for their next grade based on their home address and can apply to schools outside of the boundary via the My School DC lottery. For information on options where a student moves out of the District of Columbia, see page 28.

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SY19-20%20DCPS%20Enrollment%20and%20Lottery%20Handbook_FINAL_Nov%202018%20%28English%29.pdf

Wait, this doesn’t have the OOB lottery feeder rights language, does it??

These definitions appear to imply OOB feeder rights are still in effect

Destination School (also Feeder Pattern School: A middle or high or education campus school that a student has a right to attend based on the student completing the terminal grade at an elementary or middle school during the previous school year.

Right-to-Attend School: A DCPS school where students can enroll in grades K-12 and do not have to go through the lottery. There are two types of right-to-attend schools for DCPS K-12 students: in-boundary schools and feeder pattern schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS changes this literally every year, as far as I can tell.

From 19-20 handbook:

Where a PK-12 student has been attending an in-boundary school and then moves out of boundary (a transfer due to change of address) 2, the student has the right to attend their new in-boundary school. The student may also continue to attend the current school through the end of the school’s terminal grade. After the terminal grade, the student has the right to attend the in-boundary school assigned for their next grade based on their home address and can apply to schools outside of the boundary via the My School DC lottery. For information on options where a student moves out of the District of Columbia, see page 28.

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SY19-20%20DCPS%20Enrollment%20and%20Lottery%20Handbook_FINAL_Nov%202018%20%28English%29.pdf

Wait, this doesn’t have the OOB lottery feeder rights language, does it??

Anonymous wrote:DCPS changes this literally every year, as far as I can tell.

From 19-20 handbook:

Where a PK-12 student has been attending an in-boundary school and then moves out of boundary (a transfer due to change of address) 2, the student has the right to attend their new in-boundary school. The student may also continue to attend the current school through the end of the school’s terminal grade. After the terminal grade, the student has the right to attend the in-boundary school assigned for their next grade based on their home address and can apply to schools outside of the boundary via the My School DC lottery. For information on options where a student moves out of the District of Columbia, see page 28.

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SY19-20%20DCPS%20Enrollment%20and%20Lottery%20Handbook_FINAL_Nov%202018%20%28English%29.pdf

Anonymous wrote:DCPS changes this literally every year, as far as I can tell.

From 19-20 handbook:

Where a PK-12 student has been attending an in-boundary school and then moves out of boundary (a transfer due to change of address) 2, the student has the right to attend their new in-boundary school. The student may also continue to attend the current school through the end of the school’s terminal grade. After the terminal grade, the student has the right to attend the in-boundary school assigned for their next grade based on their home address and can apply to schools outside of the boundary via the My School DC lottery. For information on options where a student moves out of the District of Columbia, see page 28.

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SY19-20%20DCPS%20Enrollment%20and%20Lottery%20Handbook_FINAL_Nov%202018%20%28English%29.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you for the feedback. Two questions: is it at a discretion of the old or new IB school principal to continue attending the “old/currently “ school. Does it mean we can only attend the current school year or continue attending all grades?

It's up to the "old" principal whether you can stay through the terminal grade; you will be allowed to finish the school year no matter what.

You need to talk to the principal, and probably keep in mind that the principal could leave. If it's important for you to be sure you can stay, enter the lottery every year for the school you are attending in hopes of securing a OOB seat, which would remove the uncertainty.