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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax City taxpayers passed a major bond issue last fall to renovate schools.  CIty residents are guaranteed to attend city schools ie we will not be redistricted, except perhaps a tiny number  of kids that might switch from one city elementary to the other one. The city will put extra money into certain programs and provides some extra staffing.  Providence, KJ and Fairfax have beautiful Libraries.   I personally know 3 of the 5 school board members, they listen.  We can be hamstrung by FCPS at times but the relationship allows for a smaller feel but still access to county programs such as Academies, Immersion and TJ. Also if Fairfax was it's own high school like Falls Church our teams would also have  to go to the Shenandoah Valley to find similar sized schools to play.  Taxes would be a lot more expensive for city residents and FCPS would have to fin the space for all of the county kids that would be removed from Fairfax, KJ and Providence. Daniels Run is all City kids. [/quote]
+1 We've been very happy with the Fairfax City schools (Daniels Run, KJ, Fairfax HS). Sometimes it would be nice to have a little more local control (like being able to open for snow before the entire rest of the county was plowed), but overall, it's nice to have the resources of the bigger county with local feel and extras the city is able to add to the schools.[/quote]

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