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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FARMs rates and overall student population rates will continue to decline for a few reasons such as overall population decline, less immigration into the US, a desire to be further from DC, etc.  The school board and its contractor have a lot of data points to put together as part of the boundary review.  Hope they have the ability to appropriately connect the dots.  [/quote]'

Since the FARMS rate is a percentage, overall population decline isn't necessarily correlated with a decline in the FARMS rate.  Less immigration could be a factor, as could more affordable housing options for lower-income families outside Fairfax.

Even so, [b]I think there's something else going on here impacting the reporting that hasn't been explained yet[/b].

The boundary consultant isn't focusing on FARMS rates, or at least they haven't been doing so to date.  Maybe that will change between now and the fall. [/quote]

I'm a teacher and agree with this. Did they increase the income levels to qualify or something?[/quote]

Income levels is not set by FCPS, not even by the state, it is federal.[/quote]

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