Biggest Issue in Virginia

There are many issues concerning the state of Virginia such as environmental problems with the Chesapeake Bay, its political neutrality for the upcoming election, or perhaps transportation. But to me, the biggest issue is education.

Of course, a lot of money is being funneled into Fairfax County (supposedly the richest county), but not all the schools have been fortunate enough to experience this luxury. Schools like Herndon High School and Wakefield are in dire need of renovation, which isn't scheduled for another 5-6 years. Instead of renovating the entire school itself, the county should take on projects of fixing parts of the school, one at a time (starting with trailers).

I remember when I was taking the SAT a few months back at HHS. There were about 200 kids from different schools taking the exam at HHS. All of these students were complaining about how ugly or ghetto our school looked and were, of course, comparing it to how students from the school must look and act. At that moment, I felt shameful that I went to HHS. Our school has great teachers and good students (well, not all...but a relatively large amount) and it deserves to look better than how it is now (leaky ceilings, broken sidewalks, peeling paint, missing ceiling tiles, etc). Thankfully, our school has fairly good technology such as smart boards and new laptops.

Money should be spent on providing better resources such as technology and textbooks. All schools need either desktop computers or laptops. A television in every classroom that actually works right.
If a school in Northern Virginia in Fairfax County looks this crappy, I wouldn't be surprised if there were hundreds more that looked this way in all of Virginia.

Also, another major fix-up needs to be done about cafeteria food. It's unhealthy. It's greasy. It's disgusting. Students would actually rather starve that eat it. Not all students have the luxury of bagged lunches and must eat food from the school cafeteria. I feel bad for those poor, young souls.
Maybe a little more funding in the right places (*cough* like the education department *cough*) would do Virginia some good.