I don't even have a kiddo but we moved to our town because they have the best schools in the area that has houses we can afford. The only better area is a very wealthy enclave of Austin. We pay a lot in property taxes to the school district, I believe it is 50% of the total property tax.

I was reading the local paper and was floored to discover that our mid-size district (it is classified as 3A) will let anyone transfer in. That isn't the kicker, the kicker is they charge them nothing! No tuition or nominal fee for the extra kid in our district. Yet our district has to make room for them in the class rooms my taxes help fund. The paper reported the number of transfers last year was 170 students.

Now I understand they are paying school taxes in their district, but they made the choice to use ours. They could have bought a house in our district and paid for the schools they are using. In fact we chose to move 6 miles further out not to be in that district. The district they are in is barely rated lower than mine, making it the best large district (it is a 5A) in the area. It isn't like they live in a poor quality district. I just can't come up with a good reason not to charge them some fee??