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How does the state justify spending so little in Fairfax when Fairfax is receiving so many immigrants compared to other parts of the state. If other parts of the state are doing poorly even with extra support year after year, are there any repercussions? If other counties get more money and have less immigrants, shouldn't they be doing better than Fairfax? [/quote]

They don't have to justify anything to  Fairfax County (or Northern Virginia).  They just take the tax money and keep it down state.  The current formula for dispersing state funds for public schools is warped and decades old- so that a super majority wins and as a result they will not make any changes. The current formula punishes the counties at both ends of the economic spectrum - the richest and the poorest.  The communities that benefit the most from the current formula are those that ring Richmond and Roanoke.  Immigrant issues in pubic schools only affect a few counties and ones that do not have the political power in the House and Senate.  The gerrymandering that happens in the state is not just based on Rs and Ds it also tries to take away as much political power it can from the cash cow counties.

I have lived here long enough to think seceding is a viable option- but that has its own issues.  My dream is for Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Montgomery, Prince Georges and DC to form the 51st state.  That would solve many problems from schools to transportation.  It would have a good mix of incomes too.  Its population would be larger than 20 or so existing states.  [/quote]

Fairfax has so many people though so why are they not represented well? Isn't the funding for each school system based on the local composite index? Why does Fairfax do so badly in this area?[/quote]

Fairfax County does not have a majority of the population in the Commonwealth.  Northern Virginia does not have a majority of the population in the Commonwealth.  There is quite a bit of regionalism in Virginia politics and northern Virginia is not well liked (except for the tax collection part).  Look where the "Welcome to Virginia" rest stops are on 95  (Fredericksburg) and 66 (Manasses)- it is as if we are not part of the state.   This is an example of how the rest of the state views us.   Fairfax does "badly"in the local composite index because we have a very high income compared to the rest of the state.  It costs more to live here and there is a small bump for COL (for which the rest of the state is still seething and sees as NoVA taking more than their fair share), but not nearly enough for the real COL differences.  When we had the drop in housing values and incomes due to the recent reccession, the sitting Govenor  froze the formula so we would not get a bigger share- the next Gov unfroze it.  The sitting Gov. was from Richmond and the next Gov was from NoVA.   Look where they are putting all the tolls on roads and not in the rest of the state.   We are the cash cow and they feed us well enough to stay alive but not much more. [/quote]

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