If I want to put my child in school in a suburb do I have to be a rezident of that suburb?

Question

If I want to put my child in school in a suburb do I have to be a rezident of that suburb?

Answer 1

depends on the schools boundaries and the out of zone policy for the school district

Answer 2

careful, at my school they actually will come and check if they suspect anything

Answer 3

Probably. Many school systems are cracking down on folks who give false addresses so their kids can go to certain schools.

I guess one way around having to live in that district would be if you had a friend who actually lived in that district and you used their address as the address that you give the school.  It would have to be a good friend though because they might get into trouble and then there's the hassle of having to deliver to you all of the mail that the school sends.

Answer 4

You mean "resident"?

It depends on your state laws and board of education regulations.

In our district (a suburban villiage district) people can self-pay $3000 to send their child from a neighboring district.  That does not include transportation.  It just offsets the property taxes that that district wouldn't receive if you didn't live in their boundaries.  So you'd double-pay for public school - the taxes in your district - then the out-of-district fees to the suburban district.