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Article: ROANOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS CONSIDER TUITION INCREASE
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- July 14, 2005
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It may soon cost parents who live outside of Roanoke County an
extra $1,000 a year to send their kids to county schools.
The Roanoke County School Board at a meeting Wednesday night
discussed raising tuition for nonresidents from $2,500 to $3,500. The
change would take place in the 2006-07 school year.
Tuition rose from $1,000 to $2,500 in the 2003-04 school year.
Students who were already enrolled in county schools were allowed to
continue paying $1,000. This time, the county likely won't offer the
same grandfather clause, said Allen Journell, assistant
superintendent of instruction.
In addition to the tuition increase, the county may begin to
charge its high school students who live ...