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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
.... No rational solution....
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Respectfully, I doubt this.
Particularly in this case. I think I figured out the geography. Son stays at auntie's place because it is near the campus. Fred's place is an hour away. School concludes the auntie is not the "guardian" under the written code, and insists the child attend the school near Fred, the guardian (according to the district's interpretation of the code). Fred & Son prefer the campus near auntie.
If so, there are a number of ways to fix this. Here is a partial list:
1) Modify the school's interpretation of "guardian." This solution has sub-topics such as studying case law, precedent, governing board taking interpretive action, etc.
2) Make auntie the legal guardian of child/student.
3) Change Fred's address, at least on paper, to reflect auntie's location.
My state has an elected statewide officer known as the Superintendent of Public Instruction. This office is responsive to complaints.
I mentioned a governing board of the school or school district. This board steers policy.
Having worked in a government office off and on for a good number of years I can tell you that a determined, persistent stakeholder can create a fair bit of work for the person who could fix this, and a fair bit of attention on that person from various governing administrative or policy persons or bodies. In other words, if somebody pitched a big enough fit and got enough legislators involved, my boss might come to me and say "Fix this please." A single letter to the governor's office triggered a series of meetings, various reply drafts, review by the Assistant Director, the Director and legal staff (Office of the Assistant Attorney General). Attention by legislators raises the danger of a legislature punishing an agency with a new law. Altogether several hours of work, and sometimes much more than that, falling onto several people or more whose workloads are already too high for this feces.