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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school is supposedly 6% farms. Which I find amazing because that means 45 kids/750.

In our district there are ZERO apartments and ZERO condos. I am not exaggerating. Literally zero. The cheapest townhome is worth $350k and rents for $1800/month. There is no Section 8 or anything like that.

So even figuring 2 kids per family on average, there are 22 families so poor they qualify for FARMS? I have a hard time believing that. [/quote]

Foster kids?

Families doubled up with relatives in their home?

Families who bought their home in better times, and are now experiencing extended unemployment?

Widow trying to stretch out a life insurance payment?
 
Housekeeper or other domestic servant with an exception to bring their child to the school by their work?

Kids being brought in for a special education program?[/quote]

This. Honestly, I'm surprised it is so low, even at a school like Langley or Great Falls, which I'm assuming is where OP probably is.

Maybe Fairfax should redistrict. [/quote]

Ours is about 6%. I'll double check. West Springfield, which is nothing like Langley or Great Falls.[/quote]

Oh, ok. There are definitely families doubled up in West Springfield, foster families, basement rentals, and some subsidized housing intermixed. Fairfax County definitely owns property in that area that is part of their subsidized program. (I'm a former SNAP worker in Fairfax.)[/quote]

No doubt. I was just responding to the poster who was surprised at a low FARMS rate of 6%, assuming the school must be in Langley or Great Falls. [/quote]

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