The Center of Hope, the Good Shepherd Alliance's facility, which housea administrative offices and Hope's Treasures thrift store in Ashburn. The Good Shepherd Alliance is one of the local nonprofits being hit by a lack of government funding as it sees an increase in demand for its services.

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Members of Cathy Girondo's third-grade class, which numbers 18 students, check out their book reports on a wall at Middleburg Elementary.

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First-grade teacher Janie Bigler, above, has 19 children in her class. Faced with the region's fastest-growing enrollment, Loudoun officials wonder about the economic sense of a school with only five teachers and a handful of classrooms.

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Middleburg Elementary School

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School board members debate reductions to the school district's proposed budget Monday night in Ashburn.

Photo: Melissa Arseniuk, LoudounExtra.com

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The Board of Supervisors meets Wednesday evening to discuss its fiscal year 2009 tax rate.

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