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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be interesting  to see the % of the population that are students by each ES.  It isn’t just the amount each household pays in taxes, it is how many students per household are in public school.  I live in the MHS and our local neighborhood of 50 houses has always averaged more than one student per household in 5e schools since we moved here in 1997.  There is no way our property tax dollars pay for the cost of the schools and let alone all the other county services- even though our houses are assessed at well above the average for the county.

If McLean separates and more people move to McLean for the schools that ratio will only get worse.

The last time I checked (and it has been a few years) Arlington had about 10% of its population in the public schools and Fairfax County had about 17%.  Arlington did well with its planning out the Orange line corridor where it created housing for adults with 0-1 children. This discrepancy accounts for about of Fairfax’s funding issues. [/quote]

It might spur a real focus on what type of development should be in central McLean and near the WFC Metro, which already have some multi-family housing, rather than the sporadic, half-hearted attention of county officials.  Falls Church City has the same issues; that's why they are promoting growth along Broad Street.  [/quote]

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