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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]50% of 0 is 0.

The % doesn’t matter, funding the cost matters.

If you are concerned about the %, raise taxes to maintain 50%. [/quote]

The percentage absolutely does matter.  Especially to the 19% of the county population that does not have school age children - which is not me  - I have 2 and another 2 no longer in APS.  But the county has competing costs, some just as important as schools, and the answer cannot always be raise taxes to fund all the costs that each group of various constituents think are necessary.  [/quote]

If you're a 23-year-old renting a Rosslyn condo, and you'll move back to Iowa in a couple years, then it's rational to not care about the schools. Every homeowner in Arlington is invested in the health of APS, whether or not they have school-age children.

It blows my mind how many of my neighbors have told me they don't care about school funding. They're failing to see that our home prices go up the way they do because of the premium people pay for a great school district (yes, of course location is also a factor). But improving the schools benefits everyone who's invested in some way in the community. [/quote]

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