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Old 08-31-2009, 12:58 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Mavdog View Post
his "fact" on tuition is inaccurate, that is for elementary grades in a church affiliated institution in 2000. he compares that to costs per student in all grades for fairfax today.

the median private school (nonreligious) tuition was $14,628 in 2000 for secondary levels. many private schools here in dfw have tuition over $20,000/yr today for secondary grades.

the question should be how well the fairfax school district is doing in their mission. are the students graduating? do they have the skills to do well in college? how do they perform vs the national average on the testing?
I live in Fairfax county. Without exaggerating, it is probably the very best public school system in the country. But yeah, it ain't cheap--- we paid over $10k in property taxes last year.
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