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But it is a bit disingenuous to say your property taxes are higher. Everyone pays the exact same tax rate in the county. Yes, straight dollars, you pay more because your property is worth more. That is how property taxes work. But you are not paying a higher percentage than anyone else. There isn't some super special Langley tax that only you pay. [/quote]

I don't live in Langley--but I do question your statement.  What part of "more" don't you understand?  As far as percentage, Dranesville probably does pay a higher percentage of Fairfax taxes than other areas.

I don't think the people from Langley are asking for "more" than the other parts of the FCPS system--I think they are just pointing out that they are paying more and getting far LESS in county funds.  When you have class sizes of 35, you get a little resentful.

My personal opinion is that the lower income schools should get more--but there should be a base line for all schools.  35 kids in a class should not be the base line.  
 
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Exactly.  Thank you for pointing this out.  The Langley community is not asking for any more than any other school.  But the idea that we should have to just suck it up and deal with larger classes because we're a "wealthy" community is a load of crap.  Fair is fair and the amount of taxes this community pays to the county should ensure that our classes are AT LEAST the size of those in other schools - and not larger.  [/quote]

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