Fake addresses, leased apartments that go unused, long-distance commutes to drop kids off at school bus stops: Some parents go to great lengths to enroll their children in a desirable school district, or to keep them there once they have to move away.
Often, those are the same school districts that work hard to root out people they suspect of being outsiders.
In April, lots of Bexley residents chimed in over social media when an outraged mother posted that the Bexley school district hired a private investigator to tail her for months to see if she and her young son actually live at her mother’s house. She said she works multiple jobs and isn’t at home much.
In the Facebook post that has since been removed, she said her son had been kicked out of school with only five weeks left in the year, and that she was talking to a lawyer. Some commenters were appalled that the school would be so unwelcoming to kick out any child; some called the investigation process “creepy”; but others were dubious about her claim that she lives there and said the district had the right to do it.