Health & Fitness
The Residency Verification Process
The President and Vice President of the board explain the residency verification process and share data from the last seven years of the verification process.
We would like to reassure the community that the administration and all board members support and maintain that all students must meet the residency requirements to attend Grosse Pointe Public School.
Below is the current practice of the registration process that the district has implemented.
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1. For students to attend Grosse Pointe Public Schools, they must meet the eligibility requirements of Board Policy 5111.
2. If a student is found in violation of the residency requirement, they are removed immediately, a prorated annual tuition amount of $13,030.00 is charged and criminal prosecution is requested of local law enforcement.
3. Continual investigation of potential residency violations are completed on an ongoing basis for students who are reported or identified by the district as potentially violating the residency requirements
4. All new students must register at the District Administration office and parent/legal guardian are required to provide legal documentation of their relationship to the child as well as proofs of residency including a landlord affidavit, if appropriate, for the situation. An affidavit is also signed and notarized attesting to these criteria and acknowledging the penalties.
5. All kindergarten students, even if they have or had siblings in the district, must register at the District Administration office and all parents/legal guardian are required to provide legal documentation of their relationship to the child as well as continued proofs of residency including a landlord affidavit, if appropriate for the situation. An affidavit is signed and notarized attesting to these criteria, updating the previous one.
6. All students who reside at a rental must show proof of residency and be re-verified yearly for enrollment eligibility regardless of lease expiration. Notice of this requirement is sent out in August prior to the start of the school year. An affidavit is signed and notarized again, updating the previous one and a landlord affidavit is required. The names of the children residing in the property must be included in either the lease agreement or the landlord affidavit.
7. Students on a month-to-month lease will be required to provide a landlord affidavit each month.
8. Students who move from one home to another within the district must go to the administration building with proper documentation and verify their residency.
Below is also the data that has been collected over the last seven years regarding Grosse Pointe residency and verification;
School Year
Student Headcount
Households
New Students Verified
Household Leases Sent Out for Reverification
Leases Reverified Due to Expiration
Leases Not Reverified Due to Non-Returning Students (move outs)
Lease Reverification in process
Household Leases on Month-to-Month Verification
Closed Investigations
Student Exclusions
Community Tips
Number of Residency Verifications - Blended Household and Headcount
Verifications as a % of Head-count
Exclusions as % of Headcount
2012/2013 updated 10/2012
8,387
5,100
775
777
708
42
69
187
26
2
12
1696
20%
0%
School Year
Student Headcount
New Students Verified
Leases Re-verified Due to Expiration
Closed Investigations
Student Exclusions
Community Tips
Number of Residency Verifications - Blended Household and Headcount
Verifications as a % of Headcount
Exclusions as % of Headcount
2011/2012
8,417
850
*
125
*
183
42
9
1,158
14%
0.5%
2010/2011
8,370
936
415
142
48
12
1,493
18%
0.6%
2009/2010
8,416
855
*
126
225
60
15
1,206
14%
0.7%
2008/2009
8,622
888
*
504
278
66
17
1,670
19%
0.8%
2007/2008
8,902
872
*
100
*
116
47
no data
1,088
12%
0.5%
2006/2007
8,952
895
*
100
*
182
49
no data
1,177
13%
0.5%
2005/2006
8,929
911
*
100
*
112
26
no data
1,123
13%
0.3%
As a district we will continue to explore options to improve the process of verifying residency, these all must meet the threshold of being equitable, efficient and effective.
Sincerely
Judy Gafa President of Grosse Pointe Board of Education
Lois Valente Vice President of Grosse Pointe Board of Education
