Here in our area all of the school districts are part of a larger Learning Community, which really means one big community. So with that, it is a simple request and you can pretty much pick and choose which school you go to by simple saying something like "the HS is on my way to work..." and boom... your kid goes to the HS of your choice. So yes that happens all the time, in our community we have two HS East and West, and a lot of the better athletes seem to request to go to the West school leaving the East school struggling to put quality teams (in any sport) on the field/court.