Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 20:11     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).





It’s not just a case of saying, Oops, you got me, we’ll switch now, its actually fraud. You could be fined or worse,


Source for that? Because I really don't believe you.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 20:07     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:It's alarming how many people in this thread want a high school student to completely uproot their life when their parents still own a home in the area they go to school just to "follow rules." There are bigger problems to worry about. Get some perspective.


Maybe the parents should stay in place for another few years and wrap up their time in-bounds, rather than their uprooting their kid, asking the kid to lie, and hoping to not get caught. I wouldn't want to live like that. It's bad karma.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 19:51     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).





It’s not just a case of saying, Oops, you got me, we’ll switch now, its actually fraud. You could be fined or worse,
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 19:12     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:It's alarming how many people in this thread want a high school student to completely uproot their life when their parents still own a home in the area they go to school just to "follow rules." There are bigger problems to worry about. Get some perspective.


That high school student's parents are the ones who are choosing to "completely uproot" the life of the student.

If you own a house you don't live in, you're not a homeowner, you're a houseowner.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 18:04     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:You can ask for permission to stay at your home school. I think it would be up to the BCC principal to approve it.


The COSA office approves it. Not the sending school, not the receiving school. It will be an automatic approval if your child is in 11th or 12th grade.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 12:37     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
It's alarming how many people in this thread want a high school student to completely uproot their life when their parents still own a home in the area they go to school just to "follow rules." There are bigger problems to worry about. Get some perspective.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 12:16     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).





Hi OP - I don't know how many years your child has left. But if you move day 2 of the school year, you can stay the whole year legitimately.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 11:22     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).





Well, since you’ve made up your mind, why even post here? I don’t choose to live my life under a cloud of lies, you should aim for honesty as well.


"A cloud of lies" ....the dramatics... OP minus the few deranged answers you've gotten here, most people truly will not care. Most people have better things to do with their time than call schools to tattle on something as minor as this.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 10:51     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




OP, you are totally fine. Nobody is going to report you and even if they do, it’s unlikely it’s ever an issue.

For the record, ‘y kids have always attended the schools we are zoned for. I was asked for proof of residence ONCE in Kindergarten. And then never again. Not for MS and not for HS. They just moved along to the next school.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 10:49     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The replies in this thread are so amazingly stupid. I've never lived anywhere where people called in others for behaviors like this nor have I ever met anyone who actually cares. I've lived all over the United States in very wealthy districts and MoCo people are, without a doubt, the worst group of folks I've ever encountered.


When ever I've found or even suspect these things I report it.


Nobody ever gets in trouble for residency fraud in Montgomery County. We have had SO many kids at our (not spectacular) elementary school who don’t live in bounds. People do this all the time using the ‘Shared Housing’ form.

It’s hard to prove that a kid doesn’t actually live AT a particle address and MCPS certainly doesn’t have the staff to investigate these cases.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 10:47     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).



If I knew my neighbor was cheating, I would report them. This disregard for the rules hurts everyone else who is following them.


Montgomery County’s is the wrong county for you. We embrace a total ‘disregard for rules’. Seriously.

Might want to try a more ‘conservative’ area if you want a bunch of rule-followers. This area ain’t it.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 10:16     Subject: Re:Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
OP it would be very obvious when your kid invites friends over in high school. I think you’d get reported within weeks.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 10:14     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).



If I knew my neighbor was cheating, I would report them. This disregard for the rules hurts everyone else who is following them.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 09:58     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thank you, PP.

To the others: you can’t shame me. This is my last kid in MCPS, we’ve paid taxes here for years, and I’m perfectly fine morally, even if subterfuge is necessary. BCC is even ranked lower than the schools we’d be moving into! I just wish to avoid a change of schools for my youngest.




I hope you go ahead with this plan and you get caught.


OP here. In that case, my child would switch schools. But I won't endure the shame and guilt you seem to desire for me. Sorry! And obviously we wouldn't be so stupid as to rent to someone who wants to put their kids at BCC. Maybe we wouldn't actually rent it out, but give it to my older child to live in (house still in our name).

That's an idea, actually. If my oldest lives in the house, and we're in and out all the time, it would simplify things. The neighbors would still see all of us (we've all been here since our kids were little - I highly doubt they'd tell on us anyway).





Well, since you’ve made up your mind, why even post here? I don’t choose to live my life under a cloud of lies, you should aim for honesty as well.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2023 09:43     Subject: Staying in a cluster due to home-ownership but not living in that cluster?
Anonymous wrote:The replies in this thread are so amazingly stupid. I've never lived anywhere where people called in others for behaviors like this nor have I ever met anyone who actually cares. I've lived all over the United States in very wealthy districts and MoCo people are, without a doubt, the worst group of folks I've ever encountered.

MoCo people on DCUM are, but fortunately, most of them don't live in MoCo and/or have no kids in MCPS