Or other factors? |
That wouldn’t work that well, unless the parents of these moving families are also losing their jobs. Those underrepresented schools are exactly where the experience factors are coming into play in the admissions. They are not picking up 100-150 FARMs eligible students from Carson and RR. I’d be curious to find out the FARMs acceptance rate. |
#fakenews |
They could do what Loudoun did and put him in prealgebra. |
That didn't stop a whole lot of colleges, or FCPS in the 90s. |
Whitman had 17 8th graders take the Geometry SOL in the 2022-2023 school year. They must offer at least one section of Geometry at the school. |
Nothing is race blind now. It’s not really equity. It’s boosting some and dampening others.
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That didn't stop a whole lot of colleges, or FCPS in the 90s. |
There is a long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S., FCPS is make effort to make sure it continues. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-long-history-of-racism-against-asian-americans-in-the-u-s |
"in the United States, Asian Americans have long been considered as a threat to a nation .... They were called a “yellow peril”: unclean and unfit for citizenship in America.?" FCPS appears to be exhibiting racist tendencies, which includes all races. |
AAP appears to be going through that process |
It's race-blind as a matter of law. If you have knowledge they aren't strictly following this, you have the grounds for a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Some kook can post any nonsense like this on DCUM because they're sour grapes. but courts require proof and there is none. |
Luckily FCPS favors Asians since they make up the largest cohort by a huge margin for these programs. Asians make up maybe 15% of the coutny's population but take up over 60% of the seats in TJ. The facts make it clear that there's if anything a pro-Asian bias in this process. |
+1 There is no rational case for "discrimination" here. |
There exists a lengthy history of systemic racism against Asian Americans in the U.S., dating back to 1790. These discriminatory acts, laws, and official policies were intentionally designed to limit the opportunities of Asian Americans. While the FCPS school board approved the admission policy, it is blatantly discriminatory against Asian students. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/riseup/feature/timeline-of-systemic-racism-against-aapi |
The goal was to expand access to TJ to other groups within FCPS, not just kids from a handful of feeder schools. Before the change, only 0.62% (less than 1%) of TJ students came from economically disadvantaged families. Middle schools serving lower income families had little/no access to TJ for their bright kids. The wealthy kids at feeder schools aren’t entitled to have ALL of the seats at TJ. There is room for kids from other MSs. |