Loudoun County Baby Bubble

May 21, 2006

A Washington Post article this morning discusses the "Baby Boom" in the suburbs of Loudoun County. Here is an excerpt:

As Loudoun Grows, So Do Its Families

By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 21, 2006; Page A01

If suburbia has always been for child rearing, to enter the quaint and shaded 10-year-old neighborhood off Route 50 is to find the fertile epicenter of a county with one of the highest birthrates in the nation. Loudoun County rivals parts of suburban Utah, where the Mormon faith encourages large families, and areas such as Hidalgo, Tex., and Manassas Park, where large numbers of recent immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries account for the growth.

For the last several years, Loudoun County is noted for one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. Not only are families moving here for the high quality of life but, they find it so good, they are expanding rapidly. It must be something in the water.

Ed Hatrick, the superintendent of schools, has a tough job. Planning for the explosive growth. Expanding families are creating somewhat of a dilemma for our county leaders. What to do with all these children? Twenty three plus (23+) new schools are on the drawing boards and it is becoming difficult to find appropriate land in the right place to build them.

A case in point: the school board is having an uphill battle with the towns of Hamilton and Purcellville to locate a much needed new high school in their communities. On the other hand, Round Hill and Lovettsville are saying "build it here." Let the spinning wheel turn. Where it stops...nobody knows!

The strain on our county is tremendous. What our elected officials will do with this? Who knows. What I do know, it will cost us.

Read the full article here.

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