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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you probably don't need to worry.  People who moved to Fairfax for the schools may not change their minds because they still have TJ and we don't.  Or they can't afford homes in Arlington.  Or they don't want to spend more money than they already have on a smaller home with a smaller lot.  Or they like the county services - having lived in both Fairfax and Arlington, I found the rec classes/teams to be easier there.

People in MontCo also have decent schools, similar or better housing stock, and a lot of them don't particularly want to cross the river.

People in Alexandria City are already moving here during or after elementary school because they don't trust their middle/high school options.  Same with DC.

So I think that it'll stay pretty much the same, regardless of what an article says about our schools.

The reason Arlington schools are overcrowded now, I think, is because planners assumed that the old patterns of people continuing to move further out as their families grew older/bigger would hold true, and they're not. People don't automatically move from Arlington to Fairfax (or Loudoun) anymore when they need more space.  Some do, but many add on, buy a bigger place in Arlington or suck it up to have the sweet DC commute.[/quote]

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