Looking for anyone with similar experiences or familiarity with my particular situation. I have a phone call into CCPS and am waiting on a phone call back but I am looking for a heads up as to what to expect. Here's the scoop:
Wife and I go to close on our Waldorf home sale in the middle of October. So, at this point, we are effectively done with Charles County. We are building just south of Prince Frederick and have a settlement date of early Feb. 2016. We have two school aged children who will be attending elementary at Barstow (that is the school our neighborhood is zoned for).
During the time between the sale of our Waldorf home and the completion of our PF home, we will be renting. I have two options available to me but it's contingent on my ability to enroll my children. We are trying to limit our kids being moved around so we'd like to enroll them in Barstow immediately (where they will be attending once we moved into our new build in Feb. 16).
Here's where I have questions. We have two options available to us - with one being a strong preference:
1. We have a rental available to us just south of where we are building (St. Leonard). This rental is NOT zoned for Barstow so we are fully prepared to transport both kids to and from school so they can attend.
2. We have the ability to rent out the basement of my brother's home that IS zoned for Barstow in order to ensure we reside within the footprint of the school. He has two kids attending there already.
Option 1 is strongly preferred as we'd prefer our own place. Secondly, while my brother (and his family) would welcome us - no one truly WANTS to share their home for an extended stay. Besides this, they just got rid of my parents who recently completed their own build. They are due their peace and quiet and use of their full home.
My understanding is that you can enroll your children in your zoned school if you can provide settlement papers for your new construction but that is limited to 3 months (if I read it correctly). I am just outside of that window (just shy of 4 months).
1. Will they allow the variance considering our situation?
2. Will they allow my children to attend Barstow immediately even though a rental may be outside of that district (yet within the County) knowing we will provide registration?
3. Will I have to rent from my brother for 1 month and then move into the formal rental once within the 3 months? This potentially binds me up with the short term rental we have in place.
I am REALLY against moving my children from their current school, into another school (St. Leonard) only to move them a again a month later into Barstow. At the end of the day, once I settle in Charles and move into County - my tax is going to Calvert County right? I see verbiage about Calvert County imposing tuition but I would think that would only apply to out of County students attending their schools and shouldn't apply in my situation. At least, I am hoping that is accurate.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Wife and I go to close on our Waldorf home sale in the middle of October. So, at this point, we are effectively done with Charles County. We are building just south of Prince Frederick and have a settlement date of early Feb. 2016. We have two school aged children who will be attending elementary at Barstow (that is the school our neighborhood is zoned for).
During the time between the sale of our Waldorf home and the completion of our PF home, we will be renting. I have two options available to me but it's contingent on my ability to enroll my children. We are trying to limit our kids being moved around so we'd like to enroll them in Barstow immediately (where they will be attending once we moved into our new build in Feb. 16).
Here's where I have questions. We have two options available to us - with one being a strong preference:
1. We have a rental available to us just south of where we are building (St. Leonard). This rental is NOT zoned for Barstow so we are fully prepared to transport both kids to and from school so they can attend.
2. We have the ability to rent out the basement of my brother's home that IS zoned for Barstow in order to ensure we reside within the footprint of the school. He has two kids attending there already.
Option 1 is strongly preferred as we'd prefer our own place. Secondly, while my brother (and his family) would welcome us - no one truly WANTS to share their home for an extended stay. Besides this, they just got rid of my parents who recently completed their own build. They are due their peace and quiet and use of their full home.
My understanding is that you can enroll your children in your zoned school if you can provide settlement papers for your new construction but that is limited to 3 months (if I read it correctly). I am just outside of that window (just shy of 4 months).
1. Will they allow the variance considering our situation?
2. Will they allow my children to attend Barstow immediately even though a rental may be outside of that district (yet within the County) knowing we will provide registration?
3. Will I have to rent from my brother for 1 month and then move into the formal rental once within the 3 months? This potentially binds me up with the short term rental we have in place.
I am REALLY against moving my children from their current school, into another school (St. Leonard) only to move them a again a month later into Barstow. At the end of the day, once I settle in Charles and move into County - my tax is going to Calvert County right? I see verbiage about Calvert County imposing tuition but I would think that would only apply to out of County students attending their schools and shouldn't apply in my situation. At least, I am hoping that is accurate.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
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