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Economic changes bring more students

Published 10/10/08

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Shifting economic and demographic tides have brought more students to schools in D.C.'s inner suburbs.

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In Fairfax County, officials see a connection between falling home sales and fewer students leaving the county.

Officials in Montgomery County see a lot of students from private schools and fewer moving from the county.

Fewer families are buying up from townhouses or condominiums to single-family homes in outer suburbs, officials find in Arlington County and Alexandria.

"In difficult economic times, people tend to stay put," said Margaret Byess, executive director of financial...

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