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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]more than 4,000 unaccompanied minors were resettled into Fairfax County under the Obama administration - these children are permitted to attend school up to the age of 22 years (unless they graduate before that).  They are destitute so all the social services are provided to them.  If you figure that the average ESL student costs more than $17,000/yr then this resettlement imposed a cost of more than $68M/yr on Fairfax County tax payers.  This is approximately the amount the Meals Tax was projected to raise.  Of course, if your business employs Central Americans or you buy from businesses that employ Central Americans then you will benefit from this resettlement.  And if/when these students graduate and work and pay local taxes and start businesses they will presumably make a net positive contribution to the community.  It was a very generous extension of aid to people in need and Fairfax residents can be justifiably proud of having provided these services and opportunities.  The fact that it was done without consultation or even disclosed to the taxpayers was unconscionable although par for the course with the Obama administration,and has resulted in a great deal of frustration.

The $315M in the bond referendum - part of which is designated for 2 new high schools of approximately 2,000 students - could conceivably be directly related to this resettlement program.

We'll know later tonight whether a majority of voters favor spending this money, or not...[/quote]

What was so frustrating about that decision is that the federal government gave the county no additional funding that I know of.[/quote]

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