Long story short, my mom was convicted of enrollment fraud, albeit I live in the boundries to attend the school, she is my legal guardian and she doesn’t, me and all of my sisters were sent back to our “home district” only a few weeks before finals, this is my third district since the beginning of my freshman year (end of sophomore) and am starting online school next year, i have a pretty solid GPA and two APs.
The counselor at my school told me that it will showed I was forced to unenroll from my old school, and the enrollment fraud situation, as well as colleges will view my constant school changing as inconsistent, and basically ruined my chances.
As long as none of the school changes were due to disciplinary reasons, I don’t see how admissions would hold it against you. The bigger problem, from my point of view, is that every school seems to have different ways of doing things i.e. different tracks for taking subjects, different grading systems, etc. This could put you at a disadvantage in class ranking and course scheduling.
The many moves could be a good essay topic - how you moved around so many times and had to learn new systems, make new friends, and still managed to do well. I can’t see how your parent committing fraud would show up on your transcript. It will just show the school change. Most people will assume it was due to your family moving.
Lots and lots of kids change schools numerous times throughout high school-- you’re certainly not alone. I would ask the counselor from your old school to write a letter, explaining the reasons you had to transfer. And I would ask teachers who know you-- regardless of which school they teach in-- to write letters of recommendation for you to be included in your transfer file.