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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a normal market, people seek out the good they desire.  If a parent desires a smaller classroom size for their child, then why do they continue to segregate themselves into those school districts with more crowded classrooms.  It seems like the solution would be to move to those school districts with smaller class sizes.[/quote]

Go look at the RE estate boards.  There is abundant evidence will pay a premium for schools in McLean, people will live in apts to get into those schools, people fight over which areas are "really" McLean with its highly sought after schools, and people accuse people who live in areas with less good schools of child neglect.

Clearly the notion that the class size issue has resulted in McLean schools being less desirable than schools in other parts of FFX county is absurd.

It IS possible that a few people move to North Arlington or to the City of Falls Church for smaller class sizes. But there are only so many SFHs in those areas (I don't think many people are crowding into condos in Clarendon to avoid McLean schools) so there is a definite limit on how much that can effect McLean RE prices, and thus County revenue.   In any case, McLean residential property tax revenue is undoubtedly dwarfed by the tax revenue on residential and commercial high rises in Tysons. [/quote]

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