There are many problems with Fairfax County Public Schools’s ballooning budget, as its vast legal fees prove.
As Fairfax County Public Schools increases its budget to $3.8 billion, up 8.6% from fiscal 2024, taxpayers have been put on notice that they will be hit with more property tax increases. Fairfax County residents’ property tax bills are expected toMeanwhile, district administrators are gaslighting taxpayers about per-pupil spending. On March 6, they sent an email to parents complaining thatis substantially higher than the national average.
While Fairfax County’s school board members and administrators would like to focus on why other states in the South Atlantic region allocate 4% more in funding for their public schools, the better and more pressing question is why our district’s per-pupil spending is so exorbitantly high. In fact, the per-pupil average cost is higher at Fairfax County’s public schools than the tuition at many of its higher-performing private schools.
But let’s take a look at the district’s legal costs over time. From fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2024, the district has spent aboutjust in legal fees. In fiscal 2024, the adopted budget allocated $1.975 million for legal fees, but the revised spending ended up being $7.974 million. In the fiscal 2025 adopted budget, the district gaslights us with a repeated $1.975 million allocation for legal fees, but it likely will be much higher.
The district’s legal fees are astronomical and contribute to the swelling per-pupil spending. They are also a direct consequence of our school board members and administrators prioritizing leftist politics above fundamental education, parental preferences, and the law.. A federal investigation found that FCPS failed to provide thousands of disabled students with the educational services they needed. The district also had to retain legal representation for its decision to ignore Gov.
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