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Old 03-03-2010, 12:03 PM
 
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I have 2 kids going to elementary school in u 46 distcrict. Both my kids are excellent in their academics and the schools they attend are not challenging enough for them. Also the gifted program starts in 4th grade where as my kids will be moving to 1st and 3rd grades in fall. Does any one know if there are any options to send them to Barrington 220 district.
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Old 03-03-2010, 12:13 PM
 
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Typically school districts in Illinois do not accept out of district students. Even in the cases where some one is building a home but not yet a resident of the district they will not enroll the students unless the full expenditure that the district makes on a per student basis is paid in advance. Currently that is over $16,000 per year per child.

Probably not cost effective...
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Old 03-03-2010, 01:48 PM
 
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Perhaps by agreeing to pay the out-of-district tuition. But you may be able to send them to a good private school for less. $16K/yr sounds pretty high.
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Old 03-03-2010, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Saint Louis, MO
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It's pretty much impossible. I had a friend who "lived" with her grandma (on paper) to be in a strong school district. Someone informed the school and they were pretty much told to pay the out of district fees, or go to the correct school.
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Old 03-03-2010, 02:33 PM
 
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You could claim that you're "homeless", and go to any school you want (yes, people actually do this). Assuming you're a good and honest person, you'd have to pay the out-of-district tuition.
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Old 03-04-2010, 03:03 PM
 
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Why not contact the 220 district office and ask what the latest policy is.
847/381/6300

The Gifted Elementary Program is in the Hough Street School.
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:33 AM
 
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Daily Herald story 5/20/10: District 220 to boot 6 students. Barrington unit district 220 board voted to disenroll 6 students after learning their families live outside the District. Acknowledging that the confusing nature of IL School District boundaries often leads to honest mistakes, the Board did not comment on that. This indicates that Barrington is quite aggressive in enforcement of residency requirements.
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Old 05-20-2010, 06:03 AM
 
Location: Hoffman Estates, IL
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I called on this back in the fall and was told absolutely not. They wouldn't even discuss a yearly tuition. There was a family in Wynstone (sp?) that literally moved across the street because they wanted to go to the Barrington district.
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Old 05-20-2010, 06:17 AM
 
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I called on this back in the fall and was told absolutely not. They wouldn't even discuss a yearly tuition. There was a family in Wynstone (sp?) that literally moved across the street because they wanted to go to the Barrington district.
That is an example of how confusing the District boundaries are in IL. They do not always conform to municipal boundaries, main roads or even subdivisions. And they never put up signs saying you are leaving one district and entering another. They recently realigned Districts in my neighborhood so students would go to the same schools as their neighbors. But Districts do not have to do that.
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Old 05-20-2010, 07:25 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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While I do understand why districts enforce residency requirements since the property tax money collected from each parcel supports the schools, and parcels outside of the district do not pay into the school. What I don't understand is why there is no citizenship requirement for public school enrollment. Children of parents here illegally send their kids to schools no questions asked, but our own kids can't switch to another district.
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