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Economic crisis boosting school enrollments in inner suburbs, not sprawl

Posted on October 13, 2008

Further evidence that sprawling outer suburbs are hurt more in the current economy (let's just go ahead and call it a recession, shall we?) than smarter locations:Last Friday's Washington Post took a look at recent trends in public school enrollment patterns in the DC metro area. Schools in inner suburban areas have seen a surge of new students, some switching over from private schools, but others a result of fewer families moving away to more distant suburbs (and bigger homes).As Margaret Byess, executive director of financial services for Alexandria schools put it, In difficult economic...

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