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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington is a county based system. If Yorktown was its own school district and set it's own zoning laws, it would be a "better" school district in terms of getting kids into top colleges. [/quote]

Do you mean like Falls Church City, which is a Class-2 city within Arlington County ??[/quote]

What? FCC is not in Arlington County. [/quote]

FCC is not in Fairfax County and it is not a class 1 city like Norfolk or Alexandria City.  FCC is a class-2 city within Arlington County, just like Fairfax City is a class 2 city within Fairfax County.  FCC and Arlington even have a joint fire station on 29.  Fairfax County learned this when they initially sued FCC over public water (by filing the suit in the wrong court).  In Virginia, a class 2 city can have its own school system, and always has its own taxes/budget, but it uses the circuit courts and general district courts of the associated county.  [/quote]

Wrong. FCC is an independent city. It is not part of Arlington Co or Fairfax Co. [/quote]

It is not a class 1 city because it does not have its own Circuit Court. Instead, it uses Arlington County Circuit Court. See the official city web pages and the VA Code. [/quote]

The point is that FCC has its own school system and property values there are tied to the schools so there is political pressure to keep them good. Plus it is a small system so there is less fighting for resources within the system. [/quote]

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