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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/as-school-systems-grapple-with-overcrowding-parents-wonder-why-enrollment-projections-are-so-off/2018/09/09/7f8abda4-95cd-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?utm_term=.e5e9a6177389

One thing that jumped out at me was the parent complaining “It feels like the county is putting economic development above the needs of students. We moved to this area to be in a good school, and they’re squished.”  So YOU moved there for the schools, but no one else was supposed to do the same?

The other interesting point is the effect of the lack of affordable housing and the recession actually increasing enrollment.  Not necessarily the effect you'd imagine, which is probably why it caught officials flat-footed.  [/quote]

I think you missed one of the points.  Yes - people moved to the area to be in good schools, and so did other people.  That's not the problem.  The problem is that development has been allowed to continue unabated and schools are showing it, with the overcrowding.

And officials should not have been caught flat-footed if they were paying attention.  The county planners are using incorrect statistics and old planning assumptions to determine enrollment numbers.  This is a matter of keeping their heads in the sand, with bad results for our kids.  [/quote]

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