Are families lying to get children into top Boston schools?
Scores of affluent suburban families are falsifying residency information in order to place their children in certain desirable Boston public schools, according to City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, who will hold a hearing on the matter Tuesday.
In an extraordinary step to encourage enforcement, Essaibi George said she would consider billing families who are found to have violated residency requirements. Currently, the school department has the power to bill families found in violation of the policy, but it rarely exercises that power, she said.
The current rate that can be charged to out-of-town families who send their children to city schools is more than $15,000 per year.
“It’s just important that we start taking this seriously,” Essaibi George said. “Boston public schools are for Boston kids.”
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