Economic changes bring more students

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

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...