As part of its increased focus on residency fraud enforcement, between October 2017 and April 2018, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education conducted a rigorous investigation of all enrollment and residency records at Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Ellington). OSSE’s annual enrollment audit includes on-site visits to all public schools, both DCPS and public charter schools, as well as publicly funded pre-Kindergarten programs in community-based organizations. Based on concerns encountered during OSSE’s routine, on-site visit to Ellington during the enrollment audit, OSSE took custody of 570 student files and launched a further investigation, above and beyond the annual audit process, specifically into the school. 

Read the results of the residency investigation.

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On November 9, OSSE released and interim update on the Duke Ellington School of the Arts investigation. Read the Nov. 9 interim update.