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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean pays the same tax as everyone else in the county.[/quote]

That’s not true. [b]They pay a surcharge.[/b] So both their effective tax rate and their overall tax bills are higher than in most of the county. But the issue isn’t whether the tax rate is different; it’s that the School Board shafts McLean HS while funding additions outside the renovation queue at other, newer, less overcrowded high schools like Justice and Madison, but not at McLean.
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I wasn’t aware of this. Could explain the surcharge? It’s an extra Fairfax County tax?[/quote]

There is a geographic Special Tax District which covers roughly all of McLean, but not other areas. It supposedly funds the McClean Community Center, which is part of the County Government. All other Community Centers in Fairfax County are funded from the general tax revenues.  So the total real estate tax rate in McLean is higher than the rest of the County. [/quote]

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