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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a product of Fairfax Co schools K-12.  I have much respect.

However, I chose Arlington Co for my kids (now a lot did have to do with location of our neighborhood)--but I was so attracted to Arlington County's small size, high tax$ going to the students, and responsiveness.  The schools here get what they ask for.  The Board is very supportive of parental and principal wishes.  Your voice is heard because is is such a smaller Co than FFX or MoCo.

Our HS start times were changed 10 years ago to 8:19am.  Our class sizes are small.  We are at a very popular NArl elem. and my K has 19 kids and a full-time aid and 2nd grader has 20 kids.

I am in favor of the way gifted is handled in the home school, by subject pull-out and not the AAP centers.  There are very, very bright and gifted students at our school the class is way, way ahead of State requirements and most kids come in way above grade level that the environment is such that I felt my kid designated as gifted was getting enough in his home classroom without pulling out.

Arlington Co spends more $ per student than any local county---and a lot more...40% more.  This is also not going to a Superintendant's mercedes and furs it is going directly to the schools.[/quote]

As an Arlington resident, I appreciate your enthusiasm for the schools, but it is not the case that the schools get what they ask for.  The board is more interested in vanity projects like the trolley or the aquatics center than in funding the schools.  School funding has not kept pace with either student enrollment or the growth of the tax base.  Arlington is better than most, but it could definitely stand to improve.[/quote]

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