IDEA basketball standouts Daryl Bones, Justin Milstead ruled eligible to play at D.C. public charter school
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Version 0 of 1. Two of the top boys’ basketball players in the District’s charter schools have been ruled eligible to play in the city this winter after an investigation into their residency by D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education. IDEA seniors Daryl Bones and Justin Milstead were each notified Friday by the D.C. State Athletic Association that OSSE’s Office of Enrollment and Residency had withdrawn its initial non-residency finding after “a parent supplied sufficient documentation to support residency verification,” DCSAA executive director Clark Ray wrote in a letter to IDEA. Bones, the reigning charter league player of the year, and Milstead had been suspended indefinitely from participating in any athletic activities at IDEA the past three weeks while the situation was resolved. Both Bones and Milstead, the team’s second-leading scorer, transferred to the Northeast charter school from Carroll before the 2014-15 school year and led IDEA to its first charter league championship last winter. [Top charter school basketball players subject of residency investigation] Only District residents are allowed to attend D.C. public charter schools tuition-free, and non-residents must pay tuition and can enroll only if there are no District residents on a school’s wait list. The residency investigations into All-Met Alani Moore and senior LeAndre Thomas, who each transferred from Montrose Christian to Friendship Collegiate this school year, remain ongoing. OSSE sent Friendship Collegiate a non-residency finding for both students earlier this month, and Moore and Thomas are currently suspended from participating in athletics at the Northeast charter school. Moore and Thomas followed former Montrose Christian Coach Bryan Bartley to Friendship Collegiate after Montrose Christian elected to de-emphasize its storied basketball program following last season. |