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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently you do not understand the regulation actually means: if you have a rent/lease agreement (with a Fairfax county address), you live in Fairfax County!
I am 100% sure my neighbor (a Korean mom with two kids- dad lives in Korea) does not pay a dime to FCPS.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm close-minded and provincial, but it bugs me that local public school resources--paid for by tax dollars especially property tax dollars-- are going to citizens of other countries whose parents pay nothing. Especially if the resource is very valuable and scarce (e.g. a seat at TJ).[/quote]

[b]They pay Tuition.[/b][b]- NOT[/b]
http://www.fcps.edu/parents/start/kindergarten.shtml
"Tuition is charged for students whose parents do not live in Fairfax County. Contact Student Registration at 703-204-6744 for enrollment of nonresident students."

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I'm Korean-American and have lived in the US all my life. I have only lived in Fairfax County for a few months but I find offense to your posting.

My parents are Korean and we moved when I was in JHS in attempts to send me to a better high school. I moved within the same state. I attended this top high school and went on to receive an ivy league education.

I have a mix of international (non-Asian and Asian) friends as well as foreign born American friends (also non-Asian and Asian). Many students from all over the world send their children to international schools in their home country and boarding schools in preparation for US college. There are also many parents who immigrate to America in JHS or any year of schooling in search of a better education for their children.

It is not a secret but Koreans are attracted to good school districts. If they had a choice, they almost always pick the better school district. If their kid tests in TJ within Fairfax County, I don't see what the problem is.[/quote]

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