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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]7:47 - does the state contribute to public schools or are they county funded?  Either way, just because I'm a taxpayer in Virginia doesn't mean I could send my kid to Fairfax schools for free, since I live in Arlington.  They'd make me pay tuition.

I've kind of never understood why Arlington and City of Falls Church pay so much to send kids to TJ.  I'd rather see Arlington do some STEM program of our own that would benefit more of our kids.[/quote]

The state contributes to all VA public school budgets (its about 15% in Alex, 12% in Arlington, and 23% in Fairfax). Other jurisdictions pay Fairfax's average per-pupil cost to go to TJ, which is lower than the average per-pupil cost in Arlington and Falls Church, although of course it's not a direct savings to send the kids out of district.

Neither Arlington nor Falls Church (nor Alexandria) are big enough to offer a specialized program with the diversity of classes that TJ offers. They just can't afford to replicate it, and don't have enough kids who would want to do that, anyhow. So why not pay the tuition and take advantage of the opportunity? It doesn't preclude them from doing any kind of STEM program in their own schools--they already offer a lot of high-level AP classes in math. Don't see why this is either-or. [/quote]

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