Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 15:27     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:My niece is the child of divorced parents. She splits her time equally between both parents, one of whom lives in Virgnia. The other lives in DC close to the HRCS that she attends. The school is aware of the arrangement and no one has ever considered that she should pay tuition. She is a DC resident as far as they are concerned.


Exactly- both parents have custody, both pay taxes. Shouldn't be a big deal. Child can attend school in DC or VA.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 15:25     Subject: Re:Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you and your partner split, and you have joint custody - say one week on, one week off, and one parent is in DC and the other is in VA, is the child a DC or VA resident? Asking because we are thinking of splitting and in a charter and hoping to stay, paying or not paying tuition, but get in state tuition for VA colleges..........

I would think we would have to pay, right?

This is us totally. Okay with paying if it's required. Could someone who's BTDT chime in. We're at LAMB and they don't admit after pre-k 4. I'll bring it up when appropriate. Just hoping someone in my shoes could chime in. We'd like to stay in the immersion charter. We'd be back and forth to VA/DC due to our family arrangements. What would our ballpark tuition be?


All the folks asking about this on DCUM getting different answers; why don't you just contact the school and OSSE, DCPS or the Charter School Board. You don't even have to give your name, but explain your situation and see what they say. If you really are willing to pay if applicable, I'm quite sure they have a system in place.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 15:14     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My niece is the child of divorced parents. She splits her time equally between both parents, one of whom lives in Virgnia. The other lives in DC close to the HRCS that she attends. The school is aware of the arrangement and no one has ever considered that she should pay tuition. She is a DC resident as far as they are concerned.
How is she treated by other families. Has anyone ever treated her differently, ie. like a residency cheater? This concerns me. I'd like to openly have friends go to my ex's house in VA and our mine in DC. I don't want to explain our situation or have it questioned to my child.


Do an agreement where DC parent has 51% physical custody (183 days per year) and VA parent has 49% physical (182 days).
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 14:12     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:My niece is the child of divorced parents. She splits her time equally between both parents, one of whom lives in Virgnia. The other lives in DC close to the HRCS that she attends. The school is aware of the arrangement and no one has ever considered that she should pay tuition. She is a DC resident as far as they are concerned.
How is she treated by other families. Has anyone ever treated her differently, ie. like a residency cheater? This concerns me. I'd like to openly have friends go to my ex's house in VA and our mine in DC. I don't want to explain our situation or have it questioned to my child.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 14:00     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
My niece is the child of divorced parents. She splits her time equally between both parents, one of whom lives in Virgnia. The other lives in DC close to the HRCS that she attends. The school is aware of the arrangement and no one has ever considered that she should pay tuition. She is a DC resident as far as they are concerned.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 13:51     Subject: Re:Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:If you and your partner split, and you have joint custody - say one week on, one week off, and one parent is in DC and the other is in VA, is the child a DC or VA resident? Asking because we are thinking of splitting and in a charter and hoping to stay, paying or not paying tuition, but get in state tuition for VA colleges..........

I would think we would have to pay, right?

This is us totally. Okay with paying if it's required. Could someone who's BTDT chime in. We're at LAMB and they don't admit after pre-k 4. I'll bring it up when appropriate. Just hoping someone in my shoes could chime in. We'd like to stay in the immersion charter. We'd be back and forth to VA/DC due to our family arrangements. What would our ballpark tuition be?
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 12:01     Subject: Re:Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
If you and your partner split, and you have joint custody - say one week on, one week off, and one parent is in DC and the other is in VA, is the child a DC or VA resident? Asking because we are thinking of splitting and in a charter and hoping to stay, paying or not paying tuition, but get in state tuition for VA colleges..........

I would think we would have to pay, right?
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 11:46     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:There's enough gray area where the kid can stay


Since they don't admit passed a certain grade-level, children can stay in HRCS language immersion programs (as long as they don't collapse classrooms or otherwise eliminate spots).
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 11:27     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
I saw this for Duke Ellington. Is this the cost for all DC schools: Non-residents must satisfy tuition requirements prior to attendance. The 2014-2015 tuition rate for non-District of Columbia residents is $11,795.00 – with a deposit of $1,075.00, monthly payments of $950.00 or Quarterly payments of $2,646.00.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 11:17     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
I read this from the OSSE: "Non-resident tuition payments equal the UPSFF, all relevant weights associated with the UPSFF; the per pupil facilities allowance for public charter schools or other OSSE approved tuition rates; and any other supplemental allocations."

I just don't understand what the dollar amount of the UPSFF is. How is that determined?
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 11:11     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OP, I recommend that you call the school. I asked at our PCS, and the answer was unequivocal: A former DC resident who moves to MD or VA can keep his/her spot at the school provided the family pays the non-resident tuition. The spot does not have to be made available to current DC residents in the lottery the following year.


I can't figure out what actually happened after the proposed 2014 residency verification rulemaking was announced (http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Residency_Regulations_1_21_14.pdf), but if that rule is currently in effect, your PCS is incorrect, assuming that the relevant grade is one in which DC residents can be admitted.

See 5007.6.e:
Indicate that the LEA has discretion to allow a non-resident student an opportunity to remain at the school, provided: (1) the non-resident tuition is paid for the current school year and for any other period the student has attended the school as a non-resident; and (2) the school does not have a resident student on the waiting list seeking a space at the school for the same grade level as the non-resident student.

The rule seems very clear that if there is a resident student on the waiting list, they have priority in both admission and retention.


This appears to settle the question.
I'm the one who resurrected the thread. At my child's school there aren't any children on the WL to attend, so that's a non-issue for me. I'm concerned about how much the tuition will be and how that's determined.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 11:08     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
^^ Could you cite your source for this assertion or is the source your asshole. Sure seems like that's where you pulled it from!
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 11:08     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OP, I recommend that you call the school. I asked at our PCS, and the answer was unequivocal: A former DC resident who moves to MD or VA can keep his/her spot at the school provided the family pays the non-resident tuition. The spot does not have to be made available to current DC residents in the lottery the following year.


I can't figure out what actually happened after the proposed 2014 residency verification rulemaking was announced (http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Residency_Regulations_1_21_14.pdf), but if that rule is currently in effect, your PCS is incorrect, assuming that the relevant grade is one in which DC residents can be admitted.

See 5007.6.e:
Indicate that the LEA has discretion to allow a non-resident student an opportunity to remain at the school, provided: (1) the non-resident tuition is paid for the current school year and for any other period the student has attended the school as a non-resident; and (2) the school does not have a resident student on the waiting list seeking a space at the school for the same grade level as the non-resident student.

The rule seems very clear that if there is a resident student on the waiting list, they have priority in both admission and retention.


This appears to settle the question.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 10:57     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
The child should go to school in the city where they primarily reside.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2015 10:40     Subject: Moving out of DC, but want to keep slot at HRCS. Experience with paying tuition...
Resurrecting this thread because I'm in a similar situation. Let's say one parent stays in DC and the child splits time within reason with each parent. So the child sleeps both at home and in MD. Can the tuition be prorated to reflect this. I'm okay with paying tuition and one parent will remain in DC, but I don't think I should have to pay the rull rate given that one parent will be a DC resident. I want to be fully transparent with the school. Also, please answer based upon the spot still being available to the kid, not based upon the spot going to another DC resident. Thanks!