Registering child in another school district...here's a question

[NY Disney fan]

I am planning to enroll my daughter in PreK next year. The school I would like is PreK- 5th grade. However we do not live in the neighborhood of the school. My parents live across the street of the school in question and are my daughter's primary caregiver when I am at work during the day. What are the chances of me getting her into that school?

 

[castleview]

In my area, your chances would be almost non-existant. Our schools want a copy of the mortgage/deed/rental contract AND a current utility bill to prove residency. The only way a grandparent could get their child in to that local school is by proving they are the legal guardians.

 

[Green Tea]

Around here as long as space is available they will take you if you pay an out of district tuition fee.

 

[WDWMom]

Where I live, not a problem. More students = more state aid. Then again, we have schools of choice. Costs nothing and if there is room, they will take you. We have so many schools of choice students that we need to build more schools for them. Last I heard ( and I have a friend who works at the admin office) it was over 300 students, about an elementary school full.

 

[daughtersrus]

Here the chance would be zero unless you signed legal custody over to your parents. Our school district requires you to provide a current mortgage statement, lease or property tax bill in your name as well as a current utility bill also in your name. If there is room, they would allow you to pay out of district tuition but that can be very expensive.

Personally, I'm very happy that they are cracking down on enrollment. They hired a full-time employee who's sole job is to investigate and verify residency. The majority of our property tax bill goes towards the schools. I'm tired of paying high taxes and building and staffing new schools because people that don't live in our district were sending their children here.

I'm in suburban Chicago if that helps.

 

[Piecey]

Here, you pay a fee... and only if there is room.

I went to the best of the 3 public high schools in my county (I lived in the district) but tons of people paid to go to school there. I think it was around $500 or so extra and you had to provide your own transportation to/from the school.

 

[sbell111]

Around here, you would not get in that school.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Here you have to show proof of residency and utility bills. They will throw the kid out if they find out.

Now you can call the school and ask them if you can legitimately get him into the school. There are some schools that do that.

Our district has a program in which city school kids are bussed into the school.

Other than that your chances are nil.

 

[npmommie]

Do you have school choice where you live?
we have it here, so yes your child would be able to go to that school

 

[Minnesota!]

We have open enrollment here - which means you can go to any school you want. If I wanted my kid to go to a school on the other side of the cities - he could!

It's worth a shot asking!

 

[Darcy03231]

In our city you can file a petition to have your child attend a different school. If there's room they can go, but you have to provide your own transportation. I was in a similar situation when my DD went to kindergarten. My daycare provider lived right across the street from an elementary school, just not the same one that was in the district where I lived. I filed a petition and got her moved. Actually, the school dept. was thrilled because the school that she would have attended in the district where I live was overcrowded and they were looking for people to move and the one I wanted her to go to had plenty of room.

 

[kinntj]

No luck in this district either. They ask for proof of residence and our incoming K is already over capacity and they had to hire another K teacher to teach an additional AM section. There were 6 new enrollments this week alone. For some reasons K and 6th grades are over capacity this year.

It depends on the policy of your district/school. Some, there's a school of choice. Our school has opted out of that for several years now. No room.

 

[daughtersrus]

In reading some of the replies, I'm a little confused. Is this school in a different district than you live in or is it a different school but the same district?

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Wouldn't get in here either. We also have to show proof of residency within the township, and not just 1 item , they want 2-3 that match to make sure you are really living here.

We live in one of the best suburban school districts in Pittsburgh, surrounded by some not so great ones, so there has been problems over the years with parents lying to get their kids in.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

In reading some of the replies, I'm a little confused. Is this school in a different district than you live in or is it a different school but the same district?

Good question. My answer is under the assumption that it is a different district.

 

[daughtersrus]

I just read the policy for our school district and it says...ABC 123 School District strictly enforces its enrollment requirements. Please be sure that you have the required birth certificates and residency proofs before coming to enroll a child into the school district. Anyone who knowingly provides false information to enroll a child into the school district on a tuition-free basis can be charged with a criminal offense (punishable by a fine and incarceration), can be charged tuition for the child, and the child may be dropped from enrollment.

 

[tw1nsmom]

If this an open enrollment school district then you may have a chance. However, around here we don't have open enrollment. You either live in the district or you don't. I don't have links or specifics, but I'm pretty sure that there have been some instances recently where school districts have sued parents for fraud and forced them to pay back tuition for kids who were dishonestly enrolled in schools where they didn't belong.

 

[1PrincessMomma1]

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[storzo]

Where I live we have open enrollment so if the school is in your district you can get in if there's still space.

If the school is not in your district you can not get in unless you pay tutition to the district the school is located in.

If you try to enroll using another addresss and the school finds out, you will be sued for back tutition. Some districts around here offer a $500 reward if you turn in an out-of-district child.

 

[NY Disney fan]

Thanks for all the responses everyone! I have to figure this out now so I can make some kind of arragements when the time comes. Our school districts ALSO requires a deed/lease, utility bill or other proof of address for the parent. However, I'm wondering if there is a way (given my specific situation) that I could still allow her to go to the school. I will try to call and investigate.