Repercussions of using someone's address to send a child to a better school

You are committing fraud and you can be arrested for it. I am not licensed to practice in Virginia and no way intend to establish and attorney-client relationship, so I will answer based on general principles of law. Essentially you are stealing from the school district. You are stealing a seat in a classroom and all the resources that would be available to someone else were your child properly enrolled elsewhere. Schools are starting to crack down on this sort of thing (as evidenced by the knock on your door). As far as fixing it, I would first stop committing the fraud and immediately enroll the child where it belongs. After that I would suggest retaining an attorney in case you have to talk with the district officials and/or the DA's office.

Yes, I would concur in the answer provided by Mr. Garner. Michael E. Hendrickson Attorney & Counsellor at Law 211 North Union Street suite 100 Alexandria, Virginia 22314

While I am not licensed to practice law in your state (and cannot provide legal advice to non-clients), it is my belief that your child can be forced to leave the school. I assume that the school in question is a public school, to which resident children are entitled to attend. A non-resident student (such as your child) is not entitled to attend a public school in a neighboring district, such as the scenario outlined above. You will need to move within the public school's boundary or leave that school.