Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 08:08     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly I doubt you would ever get caught.
But don't think you are so superior to those non-DC residents who do it. You are free riding off the higher cost of real estate (and better schools) in the WOTP neighborhoods.


LOL. I didn't add the disclaimer to feel superior, I added it to clarify my question (I imagine the regulations are very different for establishing DC residency vs. school boundaries). The people WOTP enjoying their nice schools are benefiting from my income taxes, so, I will still sleep at night.


And you're benefiting from their income taxes
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 07:49     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Yes...they do. And no one is the wiser.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 07:40     Subject: Re:Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
I would rather my child be in class with 10 OOB kids who get in through the lottery than 1 kid who gets in as a cheater.


Ah yes. They're all undesirables, but with shades of acceptability.

Kids will see it as their parents doing whatever they could to get them into a good school.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 07:32     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:Long term lesson for your kids to become liars and cheats.


Yep. Cheaters who do this are modeling to their kids that the rules should not apply to them, and that it's perfectly acceptable to lie and cheat to get what you want. The parents have poor character.

I would rather my child be in class with 10 OOB kids who get in through the lottery than 1 kid who gets in as a cheater.

Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 05:57     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous [/quote wrote:

Because a person can only have one primary residence. The location of one's primary residence is based on an objective test that considers the number of nights slept at a location, where bills are sent, where taxes are paid, and other factors indicative of connection. Where you sleep is the most significant factor. If you claim that your primary residence is someplace other than where you sleep most nights, and there is no legitimate reason for sleeping away (such as work travel, vacation, etc.), you are probably committing a fraud.


I thought that residency was primarily a tax designation. Home owners owning more than one habitable real property must designate a primary residence, and pay tax on it as such.

Where are you getting the "number of nights slept at a location" requirement from? I don't see anything about number of nights slept (for kids? for parents and legal guardians? for both?) anywhere, not under the DCPS residency requirements and forms links, or on the any posted city tax info. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

Even if primary residence is in fact linked to the number of nights slept at a residence (the majority of nights in a given year?), who's in a position to check on that score? Who decides what a "legitimate reason for sleeping away" might be? Surely not the FBI, unless you're being investigated for criminal activity. Surely not the IRS and/or the District/state tax authority, unless you aren't paying all of your property taxes.

If you call the residency fraud hotline to bust a parent, what actually happens anyway?
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 05:33     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:Long term lesson for your kids to become liars and cheats.

Hmmm, long term lesson about being 'liars' or my kid getting his butt kicked at Amidon? Sorry you can't have your segregated school! Maybe move down south???
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 03:57     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Long term lesson for your kids to become liars and cheats.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 03:38     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:The "I pay DC taxes so am entitled to these schools" people are in denial. If those were the rules, there would be no need to rent in bounds, everyone would go wherever they want, and the schools that we are talking about would not be nearly as good as they are because families would not have invested in them with such uncertainty.

You also are setting your children up to be liars and there is a good chance you will humiliate your child when he/she is removed from the school.

But go ahead, tell yourself it is not breaking the law because you pay DC taxes.

There are lots of exceptions to the boundaries, but people are aware of them and you are kidding yourself if you think no one will ask. It will come up in conversation. I am not that nosey and how OOB families arrived at our JKLMM school arises in the natural course of chatting with my child's friend's parents. You also are kidding yourself if you think no one will tell. I for one would and most people think I am perfectly nice.

Don't worry lady! Your snowflake will survive mixing with OOB and black kids. It will be good for her!!
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 00:57     Subject: Re:Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The city ought to check homestead tax deductions against schoool registrations.


Right because most students' parents are homeowners. Great use of resources.


They are called computer databases. It's not like you would need to hire scores of clerks to comb through ledgers.


Since they don't do this for out-of-state cheaters I'm not holding my breath waiting for the crackdown on boundary cheaters.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 00:21     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
And as*holes.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2014 00:19     Subject: Re:Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
There are lots of exceptions to the boundaries, but people are aware of them and you are kidding yourself if you think no one will ask. It will come up in conversation. I am not that nosey and how OOB families arrived at our JKLMM school arises in the natural course of chatting with my child's friend's parents. You also are kidding yourself if you think no one will tell. I for one would and most people think I am perfectly nice.


I doubt it. We're a city chock full of liars and cheaters.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2014 23:55     Subject: Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
The "I pay DC taxes so am entitled to these schools" people are in denial. If those were the rules, there would be no need to rent in bounds, everyone would go wherever they want, and the schools that we are talking about would not be nearly as good as they are because families would not have invested in them with such uncertainty.

You also are setting your children up to be liars and there is a good chance you will humiliate your child when he/she is removed from the school.

But go ahead, tell yourself it is not breaking the law because you pay DC taxes.

There are lots of exceptions to the boundaries, but people are aware of them and you are kidding yourself if you think no one will ask. It will come up in conversation. I am not that nosey and how OOB families arrived at our JKLMM school arises in the natural course of chatting with my child's friend's parents. You also are kidding yourself if you think no one will tell. I for one would and most people think I am perfectly nice.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2014 23:31     Subject: Re:Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The city ought to check homestead tax deductions against schoool registrations.


Right because most students' parents are homeowners. Great use of resources.


They are called computer databases. It's not like you would need to hire scores of clerks to comb through ledgers.


Except for all the renters. We rent a large SFH in Ward 3. We are not embassy know a lot of renters via our home country and other over seas stations. I have no idea how you would cross check us or the others.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2014 23:20     Subject: Re:Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The city ought to check homestead tax deductions against schoool registrations.


Right because most students' parents are homeowners. Great use of resources.


They are called computer databases. It's not like you would need to hire scores of clerks to comb through ledgers.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2014 22:31     Subject: Re:Rent a 2nd place in a better boundary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The city ought to check homestead tax deductions against schoool registrations.


Right because most students' parents are homeowners. Great use of resources.


Right. Or people that do wouldn't give up $500 a year to cheat. The best option would be DC state income taxes. People less likely to cheat, also of claiming mortgage interest credit as primary property on your NE home, more research needed if you claim to live in Ward 3. Also, leverage DC employment offices that keep record of state taxes paid and address claimed.