i have a five year old and i want him to go to a different school, then the one he should (as of where we live) what is the penalty of using my aunt address to put him in another school?has anyone got caught?
2006-08-01 15:04:20 · 20 answers · asked by sister4818 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
i can not get a hold of my aunt to use the address. do i just forge her name on a letter or not?
2006-08-01 15:11:03 · update #1
she does not care. should i just do it and then ask her if it is ok to use her address later, acting like i never did it. once i get ahold of her
2006-08-01 15:12:23 · update #2
you do not have a utilty bill if you pay rent to the person. all you have to have is a rent reciept and a letter that says i live at there house
2006-08-01 15:21:12 · update #3
The problem with this, that you have to have a letter signed by your aunt to state that you live there, unless you have a utlilty bill in your name with her address. The school board has a lot of people do this sort of scam, and they actual call to verify the information. If your aunt does not say you live there, then you child will be kicked out of that school.
** When I was a kid, my parents got a divorce, we moved with our mother to my grandparents house in a different county, we stayed going to same school, but somehow they found out and made us transfer, even though my dad still lived where we went to school. They said it was because we didn't live with our dad, we could no longer go to that school**
2006-08-02 06:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by sunflowerlizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We did it for a year before we moved. We used an Uncles address. The school said the bus driver would do a physical check just to make sure the address was a valid home. The school will send paperwork to that address as well. We did not get caught, I really do not think it is that big of a deal as long as they are going to school and living right. I dont know what would happen if they did find out, most likely make the Aunt sign a variance form or something. (We just put his address as our own though, not that she lived with him). It worked.
2006-08-02 15:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by Brandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple things to take into consideration...
1) by lying, you are setting a bad example for your child - that it is okay to break the law to get what you want.
2) at our school we had a problem that some kids who should have gone there, couldn't get in as all the spots were taken and there were a number of people who were using someone else's address.
3) He will not be able to have playdates at his house... once one person knows - everyone knows. Of course there are several families who are using grandma's address, but they are so involved with the school that everyone else overlooks that fact.
4) If you are caught - you will have to take him out. If you don't get caught for a couple of years, he will have made friends, established himself and then have it all taken away from him.
5) Check if your district has school choice. Ours does, if there is room at a school, you can request to go there instead of yoru default school.
I completely understand that you only want to the best for your child - we all do, just think of the long term reprecussion of doing something illegal.
2006-08-02 23:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by socaljules 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you live but in and around here you need tons of verification ot enroll a child in school. One option is that you have your aunt sign a Affidavid of Residency that says you and the child are living with her and then you don't have to come up with mail in your name at her address. Or you can try it the "legal" way and get an interdistrict transfer . First your home area school has to say its okay then the new school has to say its okay...if there is room at the school you want your child to attend then you're in. The penalty for getting caught if you use your aunts address is three years in a state prison! Just kidding....your child will simply be disenrolled and he/she will have to go to the school in which they were supposed to originally go. That's all.
Oh we do check...especially if something doesn't add up. But our district is ranked 5th in the state so we see it a lot...especially since the surrounding schools are not so great.
2006-08-01 22:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by Trailscout 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you could be caught. Then you will have to pay out of district fees which can be $5000 or more. Most 5 year olds will quite readily say things that let teachers figure out that you are out of district.
My school district and many others hire private detectives to check on those suspected of doing what you want to do.
2006-08-01 23:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand your desire to provide the best education for your son, but you are teaching him by example to lie, and that is wrong. Worst of all, if someone finds out in the middle of the year, he could be forced to switch schools mid-year, and that would separate him from all of his friends. That's really unfair to put a little guy in a situation like that. If it was me, I'd check with local private schools to see if any offered scholarship programs, and finally if that doesn't work, look into homeschooling your child.
2006-08-01 23:51:57 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the school finds out that you don't really live there then they can kick your child out of school and you will be forced to re enroll him in the school in the area you do live in. Depending on where you live you may have to reimburse the school you child was in "illegally" for the funds they spent educating your child. Besides you're starting out your child's formal education by teaching him how to be dishonest...Not a very good example of parenting.
2006-08-05 03:37:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think at this age it's too young, unless he's staying with the aunt during the week, because he'd probably somehow let the truth out - even if you tell him not to.
the laws are probably different everywhere, but lots of people in my middle and highschool lied about their location (or even lived with relatives during the week) the staff knew about some of the cases, but let it slide because they were good kids and it was the least ghetto school in the area... the worst that happened was the student got kicked out and transfered to another school or dropped out
2006-08-01 22:20:28 · answer #8 · answered by leer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You usually have to provide proof of residency. They will usually ask for a utility bill with your name on it. Different schools do different things. The school system that I teach in does check. We're way over crowded, so it's a big issue. I know many others don't really check. I understand your desire to provide the best - good luck!!
2006-08-01 22:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that schools are becoming strict about this and most require proof of address and they Do check it out. I honestly would think about moving to where you want him to go. Thats what I did.
If the school finds out, they will remove him from the school.
2006-08-02 11:21:14 · answer #10 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋