Born & Raised DC Resident - Everyone in the family is!
2012 Given Power of Attorney as Grandparent (Mom travels frequently)
Student in DCPS All her life
Registered for 2018-19 with same documents used in the fall
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“We have to change perceptions before anything else is going to change.”
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5 year DC Resident
5 years in DCPS - 11th grade
For her child & student: "This is hurting her - she’s scared"
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DC resident for 9 years
Son is 11th grade
9 years in DCPS
Dad lives in MD
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20+ years in DC
11th grade student
Student Born in DC - except for 6 mos in North Carolina - DC resident, and DCPS student all his life
Having his son at Duke Ellington: “Somebody has to break the trend - you want your kid to be better.”
DC resident since 2008 and daughter has been in DCPS since 2008
Rents in DC (“We can’t afford to buy in DC”)
Founded a business in MD which has offices in MD and in DC
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“What’s the recourse if OSSE is not following their own rules - when they are not compliant?”
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DC resident for 3 years
Been in DCPS since 9th grade at Duke Ellington
Submitted same paystubs and other documentation that we’ve always submitted
“You’re in a position of power and you’re turning around and doing what you’re accusing people of doing."
DC Resident for at least 20 years
Her children in DCPS all of their lives
They also have an 11 year old daughter in DCPS - she did not get declared to be a non-resident
They have a rental property in MD
Moved to DC and rent and live in a basement apartment for 4 years
Lived in MD before High School
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Daughter home schooled in VA when battling cancer: Lots of books and writing! Thrilled when auditioned and accepted into the LMC program.
Moved to DC and near to sister so Mom could return to work
Rec’d letter at his wife’s house in MD that they are selling
They live in DC
Never rec’d May 9th letter - only the 5/24 letter
DC Resident: Lived in DC All My Life
NO IDEA why declared a non-resident
Already Registered for next year and documents were accepted
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Moved to DC from midwest 9 months ago
My family has been patient and compliant with the investigation launched at Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts. We have provided everything from receipts from our security deposit, to our lease, to Pepco bills, to paycheck stubs to most recently a print out of every payment made to our apartment management company.
We have four children attending DCPS schools and have NEVER had to go through this kind of scrutiny for the younger two. In fact, one of their schools simply did a home visit and called it a day. We have been sending information back and forth on the oldest two for what seems like the entirety of the school year. Just when we feel some sense of relief, we receive a letter in the mail stating that we have been included in a Non-Residency decision.
I am quite frustrated with this process and extremely annoyed by the insistence that we are not residents when we have the blood, sweat, tears, paycheck stubs, Pepco bills, rent receipts, lease agreement, neighborhood connections, other children, metro routes, car mileage and everything else to prove otherwise. Please figure this out and stop denying the residency of our family who clearly has been living in DC.
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This is the home I met my wife in back in 1984!
My wife's family has owned this home for the last 46 years. She was just maybe 5 years old when her parents moved from Hawaii Ave to 33rd Pl SE. When we took over the home in 2006 we have raised our three sons in this DC home. Our oldest graduated from McKinley Tech and our two younger sons graduated from "Hyde" now Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School. Now our youngest son who attends Duke Ellington has been enrolled at Duke for the last two years and prior to that he attended Brooklyn Middle. We've paid our taxes in DC since 2006, we're registered voters of Ward 7, we have valid DC licenses, and we pay our utilities in DC! They delivered the silly letter to our DC home; how does that not qualify us and legal DC residents?
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Attempted to pay tuition but OSSE never got back to me!
I was a VA resident when my son applied and was accepted in the fall of 2016. I knocked OSSE's door down to put a contract in place to pay tuition in monthly installments - they never reached out to me. In April 2017, I moved into DC, very close to the school. I kept my VA residence and am renting it out while renting a property in Georgetown. My son's father (my ex-husband) resides in VA, but I am the enrolling parent and my son primarily lives with me (I estimate at least 80% of the time). OSSE accepted my documentation and waived my tuition payments for April - June 2017. Now they are finding me, and therefore my son, to be non-residents. I had to provide documentation at least 3 times during the school year and on at least one occasion, they told my son he could not return to school the next day if I did not provide documentation by that day - almost no notification. I have a DC tax return for 2017 (partial year in DC, partial year in VA) and I have a federal pay stub showing that I reside in DC and am paying DC taxes. I have presented a signed lease and proof of payment from my landlord, along with months' worth of proof of utility payments at my DC address. OSSE sent my May 9 letter to my VA address. The tenants stated that it never arrived. When I asked, they refused to send it to me via email. They also refused to tell me why I have been found to be a non-resident. They re-dated the letter and mailed it to me in DC and I received it there. They also sent the 2nd letter to my DC address, where I received it.